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Jozanni Forest
The Jozani forest is the largest mature forest left on the island. We walked through the forest and saw many beautiful trees and plants including hundreds of mahogany trees and mangroves.
And our favorite, the rubber tree.
The star of the forest: The Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey. The Red Colobus is one of the most endangered and rarest subspecies of primate in the world, although they are now thriving once more in Jozani. They are adorable. We saw a huge family of 57 monkeys.
The monkeys were playing and swinging in the trees directly above us. We were nervous because we thought that they could fall on top of us. The forest guide told us that we had nothing to fear. He was wrong. One mischievous little monkey decided to take a leak all over Kelly. How many people can say that they were peed on by a Red Colobus monkey?
Life on the East Coast Beaches
The beaches of Zanzibar rank up there as our favorite beaches in the world. The white sand, the tall coconut palm trees, the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean, the local youngsters, fishermen ,and seaweed farmers all equal up to a refreshing and tropical experience. We spent our time on Matemwe Beach and Jambiani Beach.
The sun begins to rise over the Indian Ocean and this young man has already begun to gather palm branches from the beach.
This woman begins her morning as she walks out into the sea to gather seaweed. Seaweed is cultivated here and sent over to the far east.
Watching the locals wade through the shallow waters during low tide as they gather the seaweed brings back images of the Vietnamese farmers gathering rice in the paddies.
The seaweed is hung to dry on the beach.
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