Zanzibar- Before School Trip

I went to Zanzibar with two of the Scuba Squad ladies (Liz moved to China 😞) the weekend before school started, back in August.
And we're off! We don't know the girl on the left in the back, but she photo bombed us 

On the way to the hotel. It was a two hour drive.
Our hotel


Shelley and Kelli in what I thought was freezing cold water.

The view from our hotel.

They swim, I sit. Perfect.

General tropical splendor of our hotel.

No caption needed.

One of our diving guides.
One of the many restaurants at which we waited for an hour for a mediocre meal.

Kelli's dinner one night. Not mine! 
Our dive master (center) and a guy that was with us both days. He was from....Germany, I think.

Lounging about in between dives.

Dinner after two days of diving.

Back in Stone Town the night before we left, so that we could NOT drive 2 hours the morning of departure. We went on a small boat ride to a small island off the coast for snorkeling and a little sightseeing.


At the tortoise park! This guy is older than me!
Lunch AND dinner at the Stone Town hotel.





Back to the Freddie Mercury House after our snorkeling trip! It was a stop on local tours, but we just walked right through the crowd and went in.  

The view from the balcony of our Freddie Mercury House apartment. It was the best part of the suite. 
We splurged for business class on the way home. It turned out a great decision because we were rerouted to Fujairah due to a wind storm. Who knew Fujairah had an airport?!?!?!

The Fujairah airport. Who knew?

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