Thursday, 30 August 2012

We need a house!

We had 3 houses to choose between. We have been on a "housetrip". Now I will describe the houses in a few words:

Picture 1-2: Red~Big~Very nice~Okay price (700$)~Not very long way to the school.

























 Picture 3-4: Hvite~Very nice and very big garden~Nice inside~Okay price (800$)~Short way to the school and beach.




Picture 5: Yellow~Nice garden~Big~Nice inside~A little expensive (1200$).

I dont have any better pictures of that house.











I think everyone of them is very nice!

Today we did make the desission. We want the house on picture 3-4. The only thing left is to sign the contract!

Monday, 27 August 2012

Do not sit on the turtles!

In Zanzibar there are some special rules, and here are the ones I know:

~Ask before you take a picture of someone!
Some think that if you do they will loose a bit of their soul.

~Don't use clothes that showes your shoulders and knees!
In places with Muslim culture.

~Don't take food with your left hand!
The right hand is the one you use to.most things, but you use the°c left hand to dirty things.

~The family means a lot!
You can call a cousin for an uncel, a aunt for mum etc.

~Don't give money to a guy that says he is a police man!
Go to the station.

~Do not flap your money!

~If someone says that you have put on some weight, you are supposed to say thank you!
It is a compliment.

~Don't go outside when it is dark!
It becomes dark very fast, ca. 7 PM.

~In some restaurants they don't sell beer, but you can take some with you!

~Do not sit on the turtles!


Sunday, 26 August 2012

The first day at Zanzibar

We came to Zanzibar after a long day! We started the trip 08.30 and we were at the hotel in Zanzibar at 09.00 the next day. I had just slept a little bit, so I was very tired!

When we came to the hotel we went right to bed and slept for some hours! Then we went looking at some houses to rent with a guy called Star. Now we are going to bed with three houses and a lot of  Swahili words in our minds.


The trip!

We have just started trip at Zanzibar and we will stay there for one year. We will rent a house and live there. My mum are studying, and will keep doing that. My dad has 10% on his job, and he will be taking some writing lessons. I will go to the Iternational School of Zanzibar. The reason for the trip is just that we want to try something new for a year, and this is my last year at the ground school.