Zanzibar island in Tanzania, was not on my radar when initially thinking of our time in East Africa. Kenya, the quintessential image of Safari Africa, was slotted for the month of December, following our customary pattern of spending about a month per country, our magic time frame for acquiring a feel for a place. Because I knew a considerable percentage of our time and monster portion of our budget was going towards safari and that Christmas is considered high season almost everywhere, I began attempting to plan Kenya in November while still traveling in Morocco. Weak internet, the lack of a Kenyan guide book, and honestly not a clue about East Africa, I was becoming overwhelmed just as I received an email from a friend gushing with rave reviews of her recent multi-family trip to the island of Zanzibar. And as simple as that, a little inestinguishable light was lit. A quick google search of "images of Zanzibar" secured a spot for this white sand island in the Indian Ocean on our itinerary.
The famous rock restaurant.
