Neither of us had ever been to South Africa. And, rewinding a bit, to get a visa into Tanzania, our visa application required a booked...

Best Snorkeling in Zanzibar Like our sunset catamaran cruise, sometimes it makes sense to do the organized tour thing. And, snorkeling in...

As advertised, our time in Nungwi was the perfect R & R after the go, go, go craziness of the safari. But, after a few weeks, that...

Living in Zanzibar We’re spending a year traveling and working, but we certainly don’t consider ourselves expats (maybe "digital...

Most of our Nungwi days followed a work, beach, eat, repeat routine. But, we also threw in some “organized fun.” Taking a sunset...

What Does Pole Pole Mean? You can’t spend time in Zanzibar - or Tanzania, in general - without hearing the phrase pole pole. Pronounced...

Nungwi Beach During our safari, we both took time off work - couldn’t realistically support clients during nine full days of game drives,...

Serengeti to Zanzibar You can plan a safari countless ways. Some people fly directly in and out of Serengeti, some start there then work...