Stone Town - The Maze

The majority of the day we spent walking in and out of Stone Town. It's a triangle basically that has no real sense to it and we were lost the majority of the time - all you do if you want to get out is pick a direction and follow it (generally, because the roads twist and turn) and you end up at one of the 3 main roads around the triangle. We stopped at a ton of shops and in the morning we had spiced tea at a coffee shop in the middle of the maze. I think part of the fun was knowing where we wanted to go and knowing it was somewhere in the maze but everything looks the same and you never have any idea where you are. The shops have everything from clothing to bags to jewelry to antiques and of course on the edge of the maze there's a market that sells spices, fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, and everything in between. It sounds a little intimidating but everyone is really friendly and the atmosphere is so light that we killed about 6 hours just wondering around getting lost and walking in circles. In between we walked along the water and seen some Dow boats racing. You can see other small islands in the distance and we will be going to one of them (Prison Island) on Monday to see a tortoise sanctuary. Overall the island atmosphere is completely different from the main land and even though its about 3 times more expensive than Morogoro it's more than worth it... lovin the sun!!!

Part of the roads winding through Stone Town. It's awesome to think that people actually live in these houses.

And here's an example that people live here ! :)

Linda and Jelena looking at jewelry at one of the many shops throughout the maze

Linda and I walking around by the water - there are dow boats, ferries and fishing boats everywhere around this area but on the beach people play soccer and swim a little. From what we've seen its all men because the women are so conservative here, which is pretty interesting.

Jelena bargaining with the owner of this spice stand - its actually not a pose :P

Me in one of my new shirts and Jelena's scarf since mine doesn't match it :P. We went out for a night on the town full of wine and awesome food.

Up on top of the Emerson Spice House to watch the sun set over the ocean. There are a few very popular restaurants to watch the sun set at over the roof tops of Stone Town and this is one of them - they have some pretty good red wine too 

Sunset shot :) soo beautiful