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Chapter 5 - Day 5 - A History Lesson

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 After an amazing night at Zuri, we woke up and went for breakfast. A buffet style that had everything from fresh juices to an egg station and breads and cakes and everything you can imagine.  At 9:00am the car that would be taking us to Stone town was at the entrance of the hotel and we began on an amazing journey through history. It was more than one hour drive and when we got to our destination, a stop on Creek Rd, the road that separates the old town from the new town, as they call it. Being from Brazil and knowing how Brazilians are perceived, i had strategically planned to wear the Brazilian National Team Jersey that day. Amazing how right I was. We stepped out of the car and I needed to exchange some money into Tanzanian Schillings so we could pay for things and buy any souvenirs we wanted. there was a small exchange right by the road and we exchanged $100.00, or the equivalent to TSH 230,000.00 (Tanzanian Schillings). Right after we got out of the exchange place, we go...

Chapter 4 - Day 4 - The African Adventure Starts

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Day 4 started late on day 3. We received our Covid Test results about 8pm the night of the flight. Finished packing everything and around 830pm we called the reception for them to come by and pick up the luggage that would stay behind since for Africa we could only take a soft side bag with a max of 15Kg (33 Lbs). The hotel kept our 3 big suitcases until we got back about a week later. Once we got to the hotel lobby, a little stop at the concierge to print out the tests, since we were told we needed a hard copy of it. Taxi to the airport and we got there around 9-930pm. We were flying Qatar Airways, since the non-stop flight from Emirates was not flying the day we needed, making us add a stop in Doha, before getting to Zanzibar - Tanzania. Of course nothing happens easily, and it took us forever to finish registering into the Tanzania Health Dept to be able to get in, but at the end we were ready to go. A little snack in before boarding the plane and up we went, arriving at Doha an hou...

Chapter 3 - Day Three - The other side of Dubai

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This was our second morning in Dubai and we decided to get a proper breakfast. We heard that the hotel had an award winning restaurant called Kitchen6. Since we were really doing only 2 meals a day, Bfast and Late Lunch, we decided to go despite the price DH 140.00 per person, About $50 dollars with tip. Very expensive, but we did not know better, so there we went. The variety of foods was amazing, an egg station, a Chinese noodles and dim sum station, an Indian station with 2 tandoori bread ovens, and another 5 stations with different breads, cheeses, coffees, etc It was very impressive and beautiful presentations. We were too busy trying all of the foods so we did not take any photos...lol Well, after the feast, back to business, since we were leaving that night, we needed the Covid tests to be able to enter Zanzibar in Tanzania. We inquired at the hotel and they informed us they could have it done in our room by a certified nurse and we would get our results before we left the hotel...