Day 4

Sunday June 17 2012

Today was the day we went to the slave chambers and the bbeeaacchh. We started off by going to the slave chambers. The tour guide talked to us and said, “that these chambers were for after the slave trade.” We saw the deep room that was split in to two parts 1 side for men and the other for women. It was split up because one side the women’s side wouldn’t have chains because the women couldn’t over power the guards. The other side the men’s would have chains around there necks so they couldn’t injure or kill the guards. I learned many more horrible but interesting facts such as that they would cement slaves in to the walls of buildings because they said it strengthened the walls. We know now that that isn’t true the slave owners just did that to fear the other slaves. Then we went to the beach we all got a coconut umbrella to lie under including all of the college kids. Then we got to go swimming we all splashed in going at least 20 feat out in the ocean after awhile of free swim and treading water some of us got and dried off. After I swam I searched for sea glass I found at least 10 pieces 3 different types of corral and a coconut. I put them all in the coconut to bring back to our hotel/house. When we were all done swimming we went to the bar of course I had a Coke because now I crave them and other people got do have beer because the drinking age is only eighteen so of course they would have a beer. That night we went to a friend of Megan’s if you don’t know who Megan is she’s the group leader. She booked a actual Swahili dinner for the group. The person who prepared was not only our chef for that night it was our Swahili teacher her name was mama Abla. She was one of the best Swahili teachers in all of Zanzibar so I was very glad to be her student. That night for dinner mama Abla told everyone what everything was there was beans mixed with coconut juice, fish samaki which was amazing, non, sweet noodle like things, and some fish like sticks. After we had dinner we had to go straight to bed because it was late.

(P.S.) always try something before you say it is bad I learned that the hard way by not tasting one of mama Ablas foods.