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EP6: "We're Going To Trade You For Food Now."
puddin:
Oh they are going to love the BQ's & Dee
:hugs:
Pemba Island
The capital Chake Chake stands at the top of a beautiful mangrove inlet. Being basically a one street town, if it were on the mainland it would be looked upon as a village. Life here on Pemba is incredibly slow and relaxed, even here in Chake Chake and it is still possible to sit by the side of the road and drink fresh coffee bought from a traditional Arabic coffee seller.
The people in Pemba are incredibly friendly. They are so unused to seeing foreigners that they are open and welcoming to all. In outlying areas children may burst out crying at the sight of the strange wasungu (white people), especially at the sight of long blonde hair. Wherever you pass you will be accompanied by the screams of jambo! jambo!
eta: maybe thats what someone is yelling to the BQ's from the van? jambo! jambo! not Gogogogo
michael:
--- Quote ---In outlying areas children may burst out crying at the sight of the strange wasungu (white people), especially at the sight of long blonde hair.
--- End quote ---
LOL - that's exciting!
Boingo:
:angel: The women with head coverings may be the Sisters who teach at the Tomondo Maria Francis Liberman School in Zanzibar.
http://www.dioceseofzanzibar.org/Sisters.htm
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puddin:
Boingo playing the :sera:
Getting to Fundu Lagoon is part of the fun, and involves a light aircraft flight, a minibus ride and a private speedboat transfer!
You start by catching one of 2 daily Cessna flights, with Coastal or Zan Air, from Zanzibar (or from Tanga) to Pemba’s Karume airport. Failing that, chartering your own little plane is not exorbitant. The resort staff meet you at Pemba airport, with a minibus-taxi to take you to the coast near Chake Chake, where you hop into a waiting yellow speedboat. This whisks you in 15-20 minutes to the resort itself, set deep in the calm inlet of Wambaa.
Alternatively you can catch the ferry from Stone Town to Pemba’s Mkoani port (but this is slow and rather unreliable), and the resort speedboat from there.
puddin:
Getting to Pemba
BY AIR
Pemba can be reached by air either from Unguja (Zanzibar Island) or from the mainland cities of Dar es Salaam or Tanga. Local air charter companies run daily flights most days of the week. If you are in a group it may prove cheaper per person to charter a flight privately through one of the companies. Alternatively, these same companies often have spare seats on certain charter flights and sell these to individuals for between US$50 and US$100. Flights from Dar es Salaam inevitably go via Zanzibar and may also minvolve a change of plane. There is also a direct flight between Tanga and Pemba which is slightly cheaper at around US$60. The airport tax for flights out of Pemba is US$2.50 per person and is also payable in local currency (TSh).
By Dhow
Most of the dhow traffic to / from Pemba is between Tanga on the mainland. There is very little if any dhow traffic between Zanzibar and Pemba, and those that do travel arrive in Mkoani. This is mostly due to the fact that it is illegal for tourists to travel to Pemba from Zanzibar via dhow. Dhow trips are available from Tanga but services are erratic. They arrive mostly in Mkoani or Wete and run around US$15.
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