The two-hour safari passed in a flash, and Nalanshiqi and Yunluo began a long day of driving. However, since they returned along the same route they came, Nalanshiqi and Yunluo could continue to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Serengeti and Ngorongoro along the way.
Moreover, Benson promised Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that if they met any animals that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were interested in on the road, they could stop at any time.
At around 5pm, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo returned to Impala in Arusha and said goodbye to Benson reluctantly. Benson said that he had a great time with Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo these days, especially Nalan Shiqi's English was very good, the best among the Chinese people he had taught, so they could talk about many topics.
(Here, Yunluo also takes this opportunity to express his gratitude and admiration for Yunluo's "personal" translator. In the future, I must use Nalan Shiqi when I go abroad, haha)
When planning the itinerary, Pi Mai suggested that Nalan Shiqi and Yun Luo not arrange dinner that afternoon, and that they could improve their meals at the Chinese restaurant in the hotel. Now it seems that Pi Mai's suggestion is really too wise! After a week of eating Western food, Yun Luo was about to vomit. She really wanted to eat Chinese food.
It would be perfect if there was hot pot! Although the hotel has a Chinese restaurant, I was not impressed by its food before and felt that the Chinese food was not authentic, so I decided to go out and find a Chinese restaurant myself.
Yunluo used tripadviser to search for Chinese restaurants in Arusha and found a restaurant called "Huaguolong" with good reviews and not too far away. It was getting dark at this time. A taxi hailed Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo at the hotel entrance. They asked the price and it was 20,000 shillings.
According to the experience of the predecessors, you can bargain hard for taxis, but this guy asked for 10,000 yuan at the lowest. Yunluo saw that the map showed that it was only 2 kilometers away, and felt that 10,000 yuan was too much, so he decided to walk there by himself.
However, the restaurant locations and directions given by Google and TripAdvisor were completely different, and Yunluo was confused at the time. He asked the taxi driver. It turned out that the general direction given by TripAdvisor was correct, so Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo decided to follow this route.
Although it was only two kilometers away, it was completely dark. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were very nervous walking on the road, because many people said it was not safe to go out at night. Although Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were not far from the city center, there were trees on both sides of the road, which looked eerie. They didn't know if someone would suddenly jump out and rob Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo.
After walking for more than a kilometer in fear, they arrived at a large roundabout. They found that the restaurant was not at the location shown on the map, and were speechless. These softwares are really unreliable! Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went to a nearby gas station to ask, and the staff said that the restaurant was very close.
But it would be unsafe for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to walk over there. The elder brother was very enthusiastic and asked Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to wait for a while. He helped Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo call a taxi to take Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo over there.
What was even more touching was that after waiting for about five minutes, a van came. The elder brother introduced to Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that the driver of the van was his younger brother, and he would take Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo there for free!
Yunluo couldn't believe what he was hearing. What a nice guy! ! But to be honest, although some people had encountered robbery before, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo felt that the people of Kenya and Tanzania were still very simple and kind, especially the children. When they saw Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's car passing by, they would stand there and wave at Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo with a smile.
Safety is relative. In recent years, the countries with the most robberies are not the poor countries that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo think, but France and Italy in Europe. When you go out, you just need to be more careful, and believe that there are still many good people in the world!
The van driver took Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to "Hua Guo Long", which was actually on the side road that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo came from. But when they got there, they found that it was not the "Hua Guo Long" that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were looking for. It was a Chinese restaurant called "Huohuashu". Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo thought that as long as it was a Chinese restaurant, it would be fine, so they stopped looking.
This is an authentic Sichuan restaurant, the owner and the chef are from. The environment of the restaurant is very good, with a garden. Later I learned that they also provide accommodation, the price is not expensive, much cheaper than the hotel where Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo stayed.
Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi ordered Mapo Tofu, Shredded Pork with Fish Flavor and Fish with Black Bean Sauce, as well as a bowl of Dandan Noodles. Yunluo shed tears while eating~~~~~~ (The cuisine of our motherland is still profound and extensive!)
It is such a blessing to be able to eat such authentic Sichuan cuisine in a foreign country~~~~This time Yunluo really understood why those friends who go abroad cook their own meals. It’s not because it’s expensive outside, but mainly because they can’t stand eating Western food for a long time!
The week-long safari was over. The shock that the East African grassland brought to Yunluo was beyond words. Everything here would become Yunluo's most beautiful memory forever. The next day, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were going to fly from Arusha to Zanzibar Island. A new journey was about to begin.
I believe that for most of my friends, the name of Zanzibar Island is still relatively unfamiliar, so let me give you a brief introduction first.
Zanzibar Island is located in the Indian Ocean on the east coast of Africa. It was originally an independent country in Africa and was incorporated into Tanzania in 1964. The island is world-famous for its clove production, accounting for 4/5 of the world's clove sales. It is known as the "most fragrant place in the world" and "Lilac Island" and is a famous tourist destination in Africa.
The island is a mixture of traditional African black culture, Islamic culture and Indian culture, especially Islamic culture, which is a major feature of the island. The main urban area of the island, Stone City, has well preserved the ancient town buildings and beautiful town scenery. There are also many exquisite buildings in the city, reflecting its unique culture.
This culture is a collection of various cultures from Africa, the Arab region, India and Europe. These cultures have been organically integrated here and have continued to develop for as long as 1,000 years. The Stone City is also a world cultural heritage.
In addition to its long cultural history, Zanzibar Island is also well-known for its coastal scenery, especially popular among European and American tourists. It is one of the top ten honeymoon destinations in the world!
After reluctantly leaving Serengeti, we will fly from Arusha to Zang Island today.
The flight booked was Zanair at 12:15 pm. At 10 am, Kiboslopes arranged for the driver who picked up Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo at the Kenya-Tanzania border to take them to Arusha Airport. The airport was not far from the hotel, and under normal circumstances it would take about half an hour to get there, but in order to avoid traffic jams.
It is better for everyone to set off early (once again, never underestimate the traffic jams in Africa, they are quite terrible)
This small plane can only accommodate 12 people, there are no seat numbers, you can sit wherever you want after boarding. The seats are more spacious than the big planes you usually take, and there is no space for luggage. I was very excited when I first boarded, especially when I could watch the captain fly. The feeling of flying is different from that of sitting on a big plane.
It flew up in a flash, and it felt like the paper airplanes I folded when I was a kid. During the ascent, the plane was still quite bumpy, not as comfortable as a big plane, and it was easy to get airsick. However, after reaching the stratosphere, the plane was still relatively stable, and the pilot didn't have to do anything at this time.
He started chatting directly with the co-pilot, laughing from time to time, which made Yunluo a little nervous.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Although Zanzibar Island belongs to Tanzania, you still need to go through customs procedures when entering Zanzibar Island, and sometimes your yellow book will be randomly inspected. But when Nalan Shiqi and Yun Luo entered the customs.
The customs officer indicated that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo could enter the country directly without any formalities. I don't know if this is a special courtesy for Chinese people. There is a currency exchange window at the airport, and the exchange rate is uniformly 1:1580.
Each hotel can provide airport pick-up. The hotel pick-up fee for Nalanshiqi and Yunluo was $50 per car. Yunluo did not ask for it at the time, hoping to find a cheap taxi at the airport. But later, it was found that a regular taxi from the airport to Paje cost $60.
It takes about an hour to get from the airport to Paje. On the way, we bought some local mangoes and wax apples (Yunluo had never seen this before). They were very cheap.
The hotel's proprietress seemed to be a German. She had been on vacation in Sang Island ten years ago, fell in love with this place, and opened a hotel here. Her current husband was her employee at that time. Isn't it romantic? In the next few days, Yunluo found that there were a lot of people like them, and they were all white girls who fell in love with black guys. It seems that Xiaohei is still quite attractive.
In the evening, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi went to a nearby hotel for dinner. I forgot the name of their hotel, but it seemed to be a relatively large hotel with a bar and restaurant, and there was also a swimming pool outside the hotel.
The restaurants on Sang Island are all very strange. The cooking is very slow. It takes at least one and a half hours from the time the order is placed to the time the food is ready. While waiting, the English Premier League is being broadcast in the restaurant. Yunluo and Xiaohei are like-minded. They are both Manchester United fans. They chatted about football for a while. Xiaohei said that Anelka is leaving Shenhua.
Yunluo said that not only Anelka, but Drogba will also leave. Xiaohei said that China's football level is not good, Japan is better, Yunluo was ashamed to hear it~~~
Back at the hotel at night, the lady boss helped Yunluo contact a local friend named bossinga to take Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to see dolphins the next morning. After negotiation, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo finally agreed to a price of $40 per person, and they were allowed to snorkel. (To be continued..)