Monday, July 16, 2012

Spice tour and Stone Town!!!!! We started off the morning with a tour of a spice farm. As we wound through the forest, our guide would stop at plants and crush them in our hands so that we could try to guess what the spice was. I was not very successful...but I tried! We saw cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, coconut, banana, lemon grass, and so many more! Our guide made us crowns and bags out of palm leaves! In the afternoon we took a tour of Stone Town. What an incredibly fascinating experience! We visited an Anglican Church that was built on the site of the slave market. There were still underground rooms where they held they kept the slaves before they sent them to auction. Simply horrendous conditions! We then walked through the town...small narrow streets loaded with people, bicycles, and motor scooters...walking itself was a hazard!!!! We visited the market...a fish auction...and walked the entire town! We then visited the Sultan's palace and the National Museum. It was a great day!!!!! So rich in history! So much about slavery and Indian Ocean trade! :) Tomorrow we are going to visit a village and a couple of schools on our way tothe airport. We are off to Dar es Salaam in the afternoon! See you all soon!

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