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.