Bonne and Ben heading out to Prison Island
Smile, Ben!
Prison Island
Ben with an Aldabra Tortoise - they were brought to the island, they are not native to the island. There is a sanctuary on the island.
Bonne poses with the oldest - she's 175 years old! Lookin' good!!! =)

Welcome to Zanzibar!

The interior of our hotel - the Tembo House Hotel
Sunset on Zanzibar

The Doors of Zanzibar

Enough said!

The Doors of Zanzibar

The Cathedral Church of Christ - home of the East African Slave trade. Slaves went to market on this site.
A memorial to the slaves sold at the market
A view of one of the mosques on Zanzibar
The high altar
The cambers in which slaves were held to go to market.

Spices, spices and more spices. After all, this is the "Spice Island"
The meat market (no, I don't want to eat anything from there!)

The House of Wonders. Designed by a Scot - naturally =) - it contained the first indoor plumbing and elevator on the island.

The view of Stonetown from the House of Wonders
The Fort
Carrying items to and from the market

The view of the hotel from the Indian Ocean

A dhow sailing along

Our hotel in Zanzibar

Freddie Mercury's House - Zanzibar. Freddie was the lead singer of the rock group Queen. He died of AIDS in 1991.

Brian and Ben heading from Zanzibar to Nairobi, Kenya for a visit to the Karen Blixen Estate and Giraffe Sanctuary. They were able to kiss and feed giraffes whilst there! Then they are going to London for some sightseeing and then home to Orlando.

Bonne and Karen's plane to Dar es Salaam. Then to Amsterdam, Detroit and home to Columbus.

Our Itinerary:
Itinerary for Karen & Bonne’s trip to Tanzania 2007 :)

17 Sept NWA Flight 5822 CMH 3:02pm Arrive Detroit (DTW) 4:06pm
17 Sept NWA Flight 068 DTW 5:45pm Arrive Amsterdam-Schiphol (AMS) 7:35am 18 Sept
18 Sept KLM Flight 8481 AMS 10:40am Arrive Kilimanjaro (JRO) 8:00pm
18 Sept Transfer to Arusha
SG Resort Hotel 011-255-27-250-5050
19 Sept Arusha/Tarangire National Park AM & PM game drive
Tarangire Sopa Safari Lodge 011-255-27-253-1300 http://www.sopalodges.com
20 Sept Tarangire National Park/Ngorongoro Conservation Area
AM Game Drive
Cultural visit to Mto wa Mbu village
Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge C/O 011-255-27-6471 OR: 011-255-27-254-4595
21 Sept Ngorongoro Conservation Area
AM Game Drive
Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge
22 Sept Ngorongoro Conservation Area/Oludvai Gorge/Serengeti National Park
Visit Olduvai Gorge Museum
PM Game drive en route to safari lodge
Seronera Wildlife Lodge C/O 011-255-27-250-6471 OR: 011-255-27-254-4595
23 Sept Serengeti National Park
AM & PM Game Drive
Seronera Wildlife Lodge
24 Sept Serengeti National Park
AM – Karen on game drive
AM – Bonne, Brian & Ben – hot air balloon over the Serengeti followed by champagne breakfast
PM Game Drive
Seronera Wildlife Lodge
25 Sept Serengeti National Park/Lake Manyara
AM Game Drive on departure from Serengeti NP
Lake Manyara Hotel C/O 011-255-27-250-6471
26 Sept Lake Manyara National Park
Full day game drive
Lake Manyara Hotel
27 Sept Lake Manyara NP/Arusha/Zanzibar
Transferred to Kilimanjaro Airport for flight to Zanzibar
Precision Air Flight 431 3:40pm arrive Zanzibar 4:50
Tembo House Forodhani Street PO Box 3974 Ph: 011-255-24-223-3005/2069 http://www.tembohotel.com
28 Sept Zanzibar
AM Walking tour of Stone Town
Tembo House Hotel
29 Sept Zanzibar
Tembo House Hotel
30 Sept Zanzibar-Dar es Salaam
Precision Air Flight 431 5:10pm Arrive Dar es Salaam 5:30pm
30 Sept KLM/NWA Flight 8567 Dar es Salaam 11:05pm to AMS Arrive 1 Oct. 7:10am
1 Oct KLM/NWA Flight 67 AMS 10:10am to DTW 12:55pm
1 Oct NWA Flight 0894 DTW 3:29pm to CMH 4:26pm
Contact Info:
Tanzania Arrangements through Predators Safari Club Emergency Phone: 011-255-754-562-254/011-255-713-511-701
Contact Person: Ms. Nabeela Khan

Tour Company:
http://2Afrika.com
Michael Kerneklian, CEO1-866-462-2374

Travel Agent:
Lisa Jerome, Travel Escapes 614-899-7185/1-800-790-2620 lisa@mytravelescapes.com

US Embassy in Tanzania http://usembassy.state.gov/tanzania
686 Old Bagamoyo Road, MsasaniDar es SalaamPhone:011-255-22-266-8001 ext: 4122Fax: 011-255-22-266-8247

Practice Safari

The cheetah's were playing with each other. What's cuter than a baby rhino?
My favorite picture is the giraffe.

Practicing for the Safari

Images from The Wilds near Zanesville, OH or as I like to call it our "Practice Safari"

My fortune

We had Chinese food today at lunch and guess what my fortune read?

"A bold and dashing adventure is in your future within the year."

Pretty prophetic, huh? Beats the fortune I received once that said "Oops....wrong Cookie." =)

Our shopping cart at Cabela's! Sooooo much money in soooo little time!! =)

No trip is complete without shopping!!! We decided to head to Dundee, MI for a little quality time at Cabela's. Here we are in front! Needless to say, the time was well worth it and we got LOTS and LOTS of stuff!!

No trip to Africa is complete without vaccinations! Those that are recommended are yellow fever, hepatitis a & b and typhoid. In addition, malaria prophylaxis is STRONGLY recommended.

This photo is a self-portrait of my band aids after receiving the above vaccinations: L-R: Hep A, typhoid and yellow fever. I was sore for a few days - but nothing that would kill me!

A map of the National Parks of Tanzania

The Tanzanian Flag

Green stands for the forests and agriculture. Gold symbolizes the country's mineral wealth. Blue represents the sea.

Tanzania in detail

A map of the continent of Africa - Tanzania is in East Africa on the Indian Ocean coast

The Beginning

Hello everyone and welcome to our blog! This blog is devoted to our trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar in September 2007. The parties involved are: Me (Bonne), my mom Karen, my friend Brian and our friend Ben. We (Bonne & Karen) live in Ohio and Brian and Ben live in Florida. We are using 2Afrika (as seen in Budget Travel) as our company and we have been assisted by Lisa at Travel Escapes as our liaison and sounding board! This is a birthday gift to ourselves - my 35th, Mom's 60th and Brian and Ben's EARLY birthdays as well. Enjoy our updates - we will have much more later!