December 24 Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Day 4 of going barefoot all day long!  So nice!

Today was coffee, eat, sit, swim but then to change it up went on 2 scuba dives!
A 45 minute boat ride to Timbatu Island for first dive. Only about 12 metres deep and saw some great coral. Soft coral, the coral that waves with the current. So neat. The 2nd dive was about 18/19 metres.

No island nearby, just straight down! Loads of fish here and the coral is in clumps!

Lobster, leaf fish, trumpet fish, nepolean fish, lion fish, and a giant sea horse (yes they do exist!) that was about 10 inches tall...... and those are the only ones I can name. Lots of blue fish with poka dots and some with stripes. Brilliant blues! Lots of yellow fish in large schools. I need to learn to recognize more. There are also the aquarium type fish all over. The honeymoon fish will come right up to your mask, as if looking in! And of course, I found Nemo!

Such a great experience to be able to dive down and breathe underwater!

Merry Christmas everyone!



December 23 Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Even more excitement this morning, a herd of cows walked down the beach! Too funny! Never did see the owner.
Today was coffee ( I am known as the coffee man here), eat, sit, swim, sit, swim, eat, swim, shower, happy hour, eat!
Oh yes and I did a refresher course for 2 hours for scuba diving! Was great and even got in the water a bit. Some nice fish and starfish just off the beach. Lots of urchins though as well!