Beach resort monkeys

More beach resort monkeys! This time on Zanzibar.

Spent the weekend at a fab little beach resort with 11 bandas, beautiful views, and good company. I must apologize for copping out on the blog posting recently and sticking to photo posts, but I promise I'll start writing again soon. Scouts honour. But until then...

"Karibuni. Welcome onboard. Next stop is Dar es Salaam in 20 minutes. Please fasten your seatbelts like in a car. Lifevests are under your seat."

This statement was closely followed by something along the lines of "look ma, no hands!" Or at least that's what I imagined when I saw we were making our climb without hands on the wheel while he was looking down and writing in some sort of book. Guess we were on autopilot?

Beach resort monkeys

Had a great excursion out of Dar yesterday to a little place called Kasa Beach Hideaway, where there's a great beach that's not overly visited.

It's around 48 km outside of Dar and we drove through some beautiful country side and 4 small villages on the dirt road before getting there. All villages have unmarked speed bumps, which can be an unpleasant surprise, even if you're only going 40 km/h.

Spent the afternoon alternating between wave diving and vegging on the beach with a yummy picnic (guacamole and crackers and a great big salad. oh and a bag of salt and vinegar chips and some basset's all sorts).

When we went back to the car, I discovered the beach monkeys. The tree I'd parked under for shade was crawling with cute little monkeys. I looked at them, they looked at me, and the guard looked at me like I was silly. Wish I'd brought my camera, you'll have to make due with phone photos.