Amazing Week

Since we left Nairobi last Monday, we've been on a real "safari." We took a 3 day trip into the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, two of Africa's biggest game preservation parks. We came up close to all of the animals we'd ever dreamed of seeing, including lions, elephants, wildebeest and cheetahs. Many people go on safari and never see the leopard, because they are noctural, sneaky and elusive. We saw two in the Serengeti, including one who was eating her kill (a gazelle) up in a tree. Amazing! Now we are in Zanzibar, spent one night in the port town, which is called Stonetown and took a Spice Tour yesterday. Zanzibar is almost entirely covered in spice plantations and grows about 80% of the worlds spices. Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Nungwi Beach, a friendly beach on the northern tip of the island. The bungalows here are basic but the beach is clean, beautiful and the drinks are cold. We'll relax here before heading back home on Thursday.