Our last outings were to visit a spice farm (government
owned...), and to look for dolphins.
We then had to go home........
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| This is the papaya tree - great leaf shapes. |
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| We think these were 'Jack Fruit' (discovered/introduced by a guy
called Jack.....). A weird food tasting of a cross between pineapple
and banana. Very good, but it doesn't travel. |
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| Young pineapple. Some of us thought they grew the other way! |
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| Young farm worker shinning up a coconut palm - to collect fresh
coconuts for us. |
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He then cut them open for us. He also made a basket,
hat, necklaces, rings, ties etc from the leaves - see below......
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| Yum yum - coconut doesn't come any fresher than this. |
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| Nice hat James - not so sure about the basket though. All made
(in about 5 minutes) from the leaves of the coconut. |
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| Nutmeg - again, this was a real surprise. |
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| Market stall on the farm. The usual array of unidentifiable but
wonderful fruit. We tried sweet limes here - wonderful limes without
the tartness - but uncommon even on Zanzibar. |
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| Dolphins ahoy! |
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| ... and that's James going after them. Unfortunately there were
too many boats around, and the dolphins just swam away. |
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| We also had a stop at the Jozani forest, complete with mangroves.
When the tide is in, these roots are underwater, but are strong
enough to support people walking on them. |
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Big buzz on the flight back to Nairobi - Kilimanjaro (19,500
ft) poking through the clouds.
I'll be back in two years......
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And so to the last stage - the plane from Nairobi to Heathrow.
The end of an amazing journey - much more than a holiday. We
will be operating on 'Africa time' for a while yet - everything
'pole pole' (slowly slowly)
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