Friday, May 21, 2012

I was really tired after our night out but surprisingly it was a good day at school. My teacher, Madam Flora split the class in half and I only had to teach 50 at a time. I also had a very interesting conversation with a co-teacher. People were very shocked here when President Obama made his comments about gay marriage. The teacher I spoke to wanted to know how I felt, so I told him that I was in agreement. He just shook his head. Here it is felt strongly that hetero marriage is necessary to procreate and extend one’s lineage. Obviously he and I continued to have a very interesting conversation.

After lunch, we were off to Zanzibar. We drove 3 hours to Dar and then took the ferry over to Zanzibar. We rode first class, which was new to me and it was a very comfortable trip. Another hour and we were at the Safari Resort in Kizimkasi. There are a group of ROTC students here and I traveled with them, so as not to go by myself. They wanted to stay at a resort and it was a nice place on the water, but not a resort as we may be accustomed to. On Saturday we swam at the pool and then went out snorkeling. It was fun, but the snorkeling I do in Mexico is much better.

 In the early morning the tide goes out. The men have to push the boats out far if they want to go out. The women go out and look for fish and crabs. Zanzibar is 99 percent Muslim and the women are dressed and veiled in beautiful, colorful clothing.