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We made an early start and headed for Zanzibar’s South East coast. The trip took a bit longer than expected, but at least we were in a comfortable air-conditioned bus. After dropping our luggage at the hotel we headed for the local village, where a guide took us to the school, and then demonstrations of making rope, grated coconut, coconut milk and woven elements all from the same tree. I had a go at the coconut scraping machine, which consists of sitting on a low stool with a very sharp blade between your, er, coconuts, and trying not to scrape anything other than coconut. Ooh-er.<\/p>\n

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Making rope from coconut husk (copra) (Show Details)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Scraping a coconut, not your nuts! (Show Details)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Weaving a coconut frond (Show Details)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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It was very, very hot and by the end of the demonstrations we were all flagging a bit and headed for a slightly early lunch. I was focused on food and beer. However as we stepped out of the alleyway onto a beach all that evaporated at the sight of dozens of an aquamarine sea in amazing pre-storm light dotted with beautiful old dhows. I was in photographic heaven all the way for the long walk down the beach to our lunch venue.<\/p>\n

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Boat off Jambiani Beach (Show Details)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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After a very good lunch with, for a very welcome change, copious quantities of water (but sadly no beer) we waded out after the receding tide for a demonstration of seaweed farming, and photographed some women collecting shellfish. While we were drying out we were entertained by a tumbling act.<\/p>\n

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Tumblers on Jambiani Beach (Show Details)<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camera: <\/b>Panasonic DC-G9M2 | Date: <\/b>05-12-2023 12:16 | Resolution: <\/b>4273 x 4273 | ISO: <\/b>100 | Exp. bias: <\/b>0 EV | Exp. Time: <\/b>1\/125s | Aperture: <\/b>14.0 | Focal Length: <\/b>17.0mm (~34.0mm) | Lens:<\/b> LUMIX G VARIO 12-35\/F2.8II <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Back at the rather excellent if misleadingly named "Fun Beach Hotel" we spent the last couple of hours sitting around an enormous pool with pina-coladas. That’s more like it!<\/p>\n

Dinner experienced a failure none of us had previously encountered. The food was tasty, well-cooked and accurately served. The drinks were another matter… <\/p>\n

I had a fore-taste when the collective bar staff failed to comprehend the following related concepts:<\/p>\n