hi all! so sorry that i don't have my camera cable bc a) this is the fastest connection since leaving the states, and b) would've loved to upload this amazing photo of sunset with old boats in zanzibar....so romantic. no, i like being without my hunny thanks for asking:)

not too much to report since yesterday however. went out to a nice dinner last nite and learned that freddy mercury from queen was born here in zanzibar. helpful fact for any future trivial pursuit games!:) hoping it will stop raining, bc will be going to the north to hang at beaches day after tomorrow. tomorrow doing a spice tour, and then prison island. snorkeling, exciting. am being bitten by mosquitos now, bc as soon as sun goes down those blood suckers come out full force. good times. still taking my malaria pills everyday of course. my friend (cause now i have them) got so bitten in her face last nite (slept on couch without mosquito net or repellent) that it looks like a rash and she's sick! just what you want in a vacation.

anyways, we've been staying in different places every nite. last nite we stayed with a friend of friend and they were so nice to basically let us take over their house (there's 6 of us now), but bc of the attack of the killer mosquitos we're staying at a cheap hotel. typically traveling stuff in groups, 1 person being grumpy, 1 person getting sick, and coordinating for food n stuff. i mean not horribly bad though. i've only met these people literally a couple of days ago. it's all good though. as many of you know, when you're abroad, you just get close to friends, bc you really just need them and you have this shared experience. it's really been really helpful for me to blow off steam and have people to have fun and travel with....even if we were on the sticky overcrowded ferry for 9 hrs or lost in a taxi for an hour! ay yay yay!

big kiss to all,
ar.