Friday May 13th was amazing as well. Around 10 am Sarah met me again and we walked 20 minutes of so to the ferry called Kigamboni. I bought a ticket for 200 shillings (13 cents) and crowded on with hundreds of other locals....I only saw 2other mzungus (white people) The ferry is only 5-10 minutes long and takes you to the south coast beaches. I then took a pajaji to the other side of the island to a very gorgeous laid back rustic resort type thing known as Kipepeo Beach. Here i met up with 2 other girls that the volunteer coordinator who helped me out before knew. There was an American from New York named Maggie and a Kiwi named Mary. They had both lived in Tanzania for quite awhile and were really helpful with giving me lots of advice about everything.
The beach itself was amazing with white sand and turquoise water. We sat and read under our cabana and watched the waves crash against the shore bringing in the crabs with them. I went swimming and for many of you who know me well you should realize that, that's a huge accomplishment for me, as deep water and sharks freak me out. Unreasonable and stupid I know haha but I'm working on it. Either way I went swimming , even in the deep water where I couldn't touch and I didn't have a floaty.....bahaha I sound so stupid!
Swimming was great though , the water was extremely salty and there were little "jellies: (jelly-fish) that were always around you. They were obvioulsy the non-poisononous non-stinging kind. They were actaully kind of fun once you got used to them! After the beach we just took a pajaji back to the ferry and then another one home.
That pretty much concluded my Day 2 of Dar and it was great and I'm sure that I will miss the coast very much while I'm inland. I'll just have to take weekend trips I suppose! From a now slightly more tanned me that is all for now. Continuing to miss everyone but am extremely excited for the weeks of great experiences yet to come.
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