This was where the men were kept before being sold. It was underground with only one window (the other was made later so people could see in the room) and housed up to 75 men. The vast majority died from disease, suffocation or other illnesses as a result of the cramped conditions.

We all decided to head on a slave / spice tour in stonetown, which included a free lunch. You could have either rice, pasta or mini green bananas with your meat so a couple of the more adventurous of us tried the bananas... never again! We got a whole plate of mini unripe bananas! Then we headed off to the see where the old slave market was and this statue was erected in a pit where the slaves were kept.

We decided to brave the storm and head into town to find a cannon in front of the town hall to pose on in the pouring rain.

One of the impressive big wooden doors from the streets of stone town.

We headed over to zanzibar on the ferry which took a couple of hours and arrived in stonetown, an old part of town which is predominantly muslim. It was sunny when we got there but then the heavens opened!

So we headed down to Dar el salam wasn't too great its a big city and was ridiculously hot but we were only there for an hour we took the ferry to the other side of town and stayed at a campsite on the beach where the water was turqoise and the sand was white for a night before heading to the island of Zanzibar.

The morning after the game drives we went on a village walk to see a local massai village before heading off. We were all feeling a bit worse for wear but it was great fun to play with the children and see how they live. That's three of them upsidedown in the photo! After this we headed down to the beaches of Zanzibar but I've got to run as the bus is about to leave so I'll try and update the blog with photos again soon!