Zanzibar, Tanzania was very interesting with a history of Portuguese, English, Germans and Arabs, most speak English and Swahili.  It is predominately Muslim and the women are covered, although they mostly wear vibrant colors.  Most of the men wore western clothing, particularly tee shirts, although our guides wore traditional long skirted clothing.  We took a tour to the "Jozani Forest", a national park.  It was very primitive by our standards.  We did see several types of monkeys.  The ride to the forest was about one hour in a small bus that was a Toyota "Coaster" and we were able to see how the locals lived.  We continue to be amazed at the huge number of people that sit or stand around doing nothing. The were hundreds of very small "shops" along the road selling everything including bottled drinks, lumber, building materials, clothing, toys, produce, fish, furniture and virtually everything else.  Some were in small buildings and others were just open air.  On our ride back to the ship we drove through "Stone Town" which is a World Heritage Site.  It has narrow winding alleys with many very old buildings.  There are several large Western hotels here and several under construction.  Zanzibar was certainly a step up from Mozambique and Madagascar.

We needed about 40 of these small buses to handle all the tours

One of the areas of open markets

The women mostly wore colorful clothing and carried their burdens on their heads

Red Colobus monkeys

We did not see any of the animals on the sign!

Mangrove swamp

Stone Town