Bongoyo

The boat to Bongoyo is a wooden Dhow and the trip takes about 45 minutes to one of several islands offshore.  Bongoyo has a nice beach with a simple restaurant that serves a crab or lobster lunch for $6.  There were about 25 people out on the island, almost all from Norway and Sweden.   Tanzanians have beaches, like Coco Beach, where they can go for free. The boat ride and park entrance to Bongoyo only costs $20 but that still is more expensive than free.  I didn't have shorts or a swim suit with me so I was severely overdressed.  I took a walk on some trails to an old German building with a young women named Mary as a guide.  The walk was almost 2 hours and there wasn't much to see but it was fun to talk to Mary who is a student in college.  I came back to the beach for lunch and drank about a liter of water and soda.

Boat heading to Bongoyo

Beach at Bongoyo

Mary the trail guide, I was the only one to leave the beach

Restaurant at Bongoyo serving Crab or Lobster lunch

Dugout notice the wool cap and he was bailing continously

The boat returned to slipway late afternoon and I had a beer while Vivian and Brian were taking the bus to join me. Brian and Vivian were living in Minnesota and members at LCP before returning to Tanzania in 2006. We took a taxi to a very nice restaurant with out side dining on the edge of the ocean.    Brian doesn't get much chance to eat in restaurants like that and took full advantage, ordering spare ribs, salad, chocolate cake, and chocolate brownie with ice cream for dessert. It was great to see them.  We took a taxi back, dropping them off at their home which is on the way to Wista's Inn.

Kilimanjaro Beer after a hot afternoon

Brian with his milkshake