{"id":2138,"date":"2013-11-13T20:55:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T04:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2013-11-22T07:46:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T15:46:26","slug":"jambiani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2013\/11\/13\/jambiani","title":{"rendered":"Jambiani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We left Chumbe and headed to the east side of the island for a few more days on the beach. Zanzibar has a number of exclusive resorts, but we wanted to go to an area where hotels are a little more integrated into the community.<!--more--> Jambiani is a small village of about 4,000 stretching for several miles along a pristine white sand beach, where women farm seaweed in the shallows and kids play soccer between high tides.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5519\/10995333536_4fbcb4462b_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Soccer on the beach\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5519\/10995333536_4fbcb4462b_m.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer on the beach\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Soccer on the beach<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7392\/10854547073_74d1c1f284_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Seaweed farm at low tide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7392\/10854547073_74d1c1f284_m.jpg\" alt=\"Seaweed farm at low tide\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Seaweed farm at low tide<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"> We stayed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casa-delmar-zanzibar.com\/en\/\">Casa del Mar<\/a>, and took a few of their guided excursions (free in the low season!) to the Jozani forest to see red monkeys, and sailed on a fishing dhow out to the reef to snorkel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7326\/10854591673_321eb7473d_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Mangrove crab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7326\/10854591673_321eb7473d_m.jpg\" alt=\"Mangrove crab\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Mangrove crab<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3817\/10854461643_f343552c13_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Red colobus monkey\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3817\/10854461643_f343552c13_m.jpg\" alt=\"Red colobus monkey\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Red colobus monkey<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3732\/10854015644_8800e6a7d4_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Our small dhow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3732\/10854015644_8800e6a7d4_m.jpg\" alt=\"Our small dhow\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Our small dhow<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5474\/10853930305_a2e60366ec_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Red-knobbed starfish\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5474\/10853930305_a2e60366ec_m.jpg\" alt=\"Red-knobbed starfish\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Red-knobbed starfish<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"> We also took a village tour by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoculture-zanzibar.org\/\">EcoCulture Zanzibar<\/a>, and learned a little more about folks every day life. We tried our hand at twisting coconut fiber into rope, and met a natural healer who seemed to know a plant for every conceivable malady.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3832\/10995488723_40ac532507_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Making coconut rope\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3832\/10995488723_40ac532507_m.jpg\" alt=\"Making coconut rope\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Making coconut rope<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3673\/10854144746_0c84a17611_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Playing Bao la kiswahili\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3673\/10854144746_0c84a17611_m.jpg\" alt=\"Playing Bao la kiswahili\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Playing Bao la kiswahili<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">Our last night, we rented bikes and went up the road to Paje, where there are a few backpacker hostels with fast internet, and a fusion sushi restaurant. It look a little longer than we thought, and we ended up coming back along the beach far after dark. We had headlamps, but the wind and the old bikes made it definitely type-II fun. When we finally got back to the hotel, the proprietor had actually gone out to look for us, which made us a little embarrassed but also glad that someone had noticed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2862\/10854631293_74fd0faa32_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Biking to Paje\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2862\/10854631293_74fd0faa32_m.jpg\" alt=\"Biking to Paje\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Biking to Paje<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We left Chumbe and headed to the east side of the island for a few more days on the beach. 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