Despite my intention to keep up with blogging over my summer vacations, I see that I haven’t spent much time here at all in the past weeks. In my previous post I was baking a strawberry cake for my boyfriend’s grandparents in Rome, but then at the beginning of July we traveled to Zanzibar and I just focused on taking it all in and being served delicious foods without having to cook for myself. I had the chance to see a breathtakingly beautiful place and with this post I want to share some of my photographic memories of the trip.
We flew Etihad Airways (yay! Another airline added to my “collection”!) from Rome to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city, with a short stopover in Abu Dhabi. From there, we took a small Cessna operated by Coastal Aviation (two more airlines!) that in 20 minutes took us to Zanzibar. It was my first time in a tiny, one-engine, unpressurized plane and for the first time ever I experienced a different kind of flying, real flying I would say.
When stirred by the waves, the sandy ocean floor floats around and turns the sea water an incredible shade of turquoise.
On that trip, I got to try snorkelling for the first time in my life. I’m not a pro swimmer, so at first I felt a bit uncomfortable floating alone in the Ocean, but after a few minutes I got used to the snorkel and fully enjoyed the fish show happening a metre below me. There are no photographs of this, unfortunately, because I am not equipped to shoot underwater. But I have more beautiful sights of the island where we landed after the fish spotting and had lunch.
Every picture I chose to feature in this post is a beautiful memory I will forever hold of the beautiful island of Unguja and the Indian Ocean. Yet, despite being very happy especially with the Milky Way shot, none of the pictures above is my favourite. What could outdo such absolute beauty, you ask. Well, here’s a little story about myself. I love cows. Ever since I was a kid, the cow has been one of my favourite animals (probably my top favourite, although I also love dogs). Now, Zanzibar is full of those cute little cows, you see them everywhere on the streets, especially pulling carts. They are completely different from the cows I know in Europe, and I was fascinated. I wanted to take a picture of a cow so bad, but I was feeling disrespectful pointing my camera at cart-pulling cows, as I did not want to photograph strangers, too. On my very last day, I went out and about Nungwi with the intention to buy a couple more souvenirs and find a lonely cow that would pose for me. We walked all the way to the beach and for the first time I saw no cows. Not one to be seen in the whole village. A little disappointed, I get to the beach, and there they are…
Absolutely incredible photos!
Thank you!
It’s always difficult photographing the stars. Well done! And I’m very glad that your experience of Zanzibar was so positive. You know, I used to own a cow which looked very similar to the one to the far left in the picture. A late Eid Mubarak to you and Marco!
Asante sana 🙂 So jealous, I wish I ever owned a cow. I love cows.
Stunning!
Thank you so much! 🙂
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