Friday, 5th March – Last full day at Zanzibar

The morning was spent doing leisure activities again where some headed for a dive, while others headed for the Dolphin Tour. While the dive was good, the marine life was nothing exceptional. As for the dolphin tour, we were lucky to have been able to spot and ‘swim’ with the dolphins. It wasn’t so much swimming with them, but more of jumping into the water where they were passing by and having the dolphins swim under or around us. They did come quite close and many of the dolphins swam only an arm’s length away. However, at the same time, there was a fleeting feeling that we were trespassing on their privacy.

In the afternoon, we held another workshop for the women where we shared with them our ideas on how to package the soap and also shown them one of the machines (the mixer) which has been hooked up to the generator.











After the workshop, we continued to work by candle light to get the extruder and grinder working. At last, although some adjustments were still necessary, some soap was made. Unfortunately the outcome was not the same as expected. The soap did not look good and the worst was "diarrhea soap".










In the evening, we had a barbecue to celebrate our 12 days on Zanzibar. It was a sumptuous meal with barbecued octopus, squid, 2 of the fish which were caught during the deep sea fishing the day before, beef and spice-flavored rice. Jan Iversen and Masai joined us and we were able to express our appreciation and gratitude for the hospitality they had shown us during our entire stay.



After dinner it was off to ‘Paje by Night’ for one last party before heading home!

/Jan and Kati