The open-air evening food market in the Forodhani Gardens in Stone Town where our group did some food sampling starting with fried Casava and bread fruit. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The juice from the fresh squeezed sugar cane for us to drink at open-air evening food market in the Forodhani Gardens in Stone Town. (Oct. 14, 2024)

Squeezing sugar canes for us to drink at open-air evening food market in the Forodhani Gardens in Stone Town. (Oct. 14, 2024)

Zanzibar pizza with meat or veggies at the open- air evening food market in the Forodhani Gardens in Stone Town. The pizza was made of some kind of dough, stuffed with seasoned minced meat and then fried. It was quite tasty. (Oct. 14, 2024)

And then we had a Zanzibar pizza with meat or veggies at the open- air evening food market in the Forodhani Gardens in Stone Town. The pizza was made of some kind of dough, stuffed with seasoned minced meat and then fried. It was quite tasty. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The former home of Tippu Tip in Stone Town with the huge carved front door, a sign of Tippu Tip’s great wealth. (Oct. 14, 2024)

And in a little more than two hours, we arrived back into Zanzibar City’s Stone Town and its mixture of architecture, including this lime-green latticework with balconies called the Old Dispensary. It was commissioned to be built in 1887 by Sir Thara Topan as a hospital in honor of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887. However Topan died in 1891 before it was completed in 1894. (Oct. 17, 2024)

We said goodbye today to Jacob (right) our Intrepid tour leader and guide who got us from Nairobi to Zanzibar. And now, hello to Laban, our new Intrepidtour leader, (left) who will take us from Zanzibar through the next 38 days to Cape Town with stops in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and ending in South Africa. A lot more of Africa to see and experience. (Oct. 17, 2024)

Walking back to our Spice Palace Hotel, we passed the Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stone Town.
The church was built by French missionaries between 1893 and 1898. The design of the church was based on that of the Marseille Cathedral. The church is only open for mass on Sundays, so I could not go in. (Oct. 17, 2024)

The Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stone Town. (Oct. 17, 2024)

Views of the Indian Ocean in Stone Town of Zanzibar City in Zanzibar. (Oct. 17, 2024)

My grilled Lobster Thermidor with fried potatoes. I’m not sure what the sauce was but it had a nice taste to it so instead of dipping my lobster bites in melted butter, I dipped it in the tasty sauce. (Oct. 17, 2024)

Getting reorganized seems to be a constant so having the room to get it done was quite helpful. The room was $60 USD cash because the receptionist claimed their credit card machine was broken. The room had two sets of beds, needless to say, I only slept in one. And for $60 USD, I didn’t even get a towel. Thankfully I have my own. (Oct. 10, 2024)

This is where I ended my long day bumpy jeep drive day at the Twiga Campsite & Lodge in Mto wa Mbu. But first came the bumpy ride. (Oct. 10, 2024)

Getting reorganized seems to be a constant so having the room to get it done was quite helpful. The room was $60 USD cash because the receptionist claimed their credit card machine was broken. The room had two sets of beds, needless to say, I only slept in one. And for $60 USD, I didn’t even get a towel. Thankfully I have my own. (Oct. 10, 2024)

I stayed in one of the lodges, basically a room with my own bathroom, at the Campsite & Lodge in Mto wa Mbu. (Oct. 10, 2024)

My own shower and toilet in my room for the night at the Campsite & Lodge in Mto wa Mbu. I couldn’t find a light switch either inside the bathroom or outside of it, so I took my warm shower in very little light, but I managed. And for $60 USD, I didn’t even get a towel. Thankfully I have my own. (Oct. 10, 2024)

The clean new Intrepid overland truck ready to begin getting us from place to place. (Oct. 11, 2024)