We were off to good start….lol. The first of our flights was about 45 minutes late in leaving Victoria. It was a beautiful and sunny day although the skies were filled with smoke. I had trouble seeing the islands between YYJ and YVR from the air.

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We had requested assistance when we checked in. We were all so glad. It was so far from our arrival gate to the departure gate in YVR. We are all a fine bunch. One has sciatic problems, and other asthma and me numerous aches and pains (I always use poles when walking more than 100 feet). Another of the group has major spinal problems (she didn’t ask for assistance) so…..the extra help was greatly appreciated.

Next flight (on Air France)was only about 20 minutes late. Nice BIG plane….probably close to 400 passengers.

We arrived in Paris….now it is the 28th. Getting between terminals at the Paris airport (CDG), and again we are so grateful for assistance. They got us through sneaky passageways, to the head of the line at security and a bus to the other terminal…..amazing! OMG we would never have made it without their assistance.

Next flight to Zanzibar, again on Air France is almost as long as the other to Paris. Marilyn, Linda and I managed to doze off a wee bit but not nearly enough. Again the assistance came at the airport……got us through immigration and security licking split. There was Pam waiting patiently for us, thank you Pam (who had been on tour in South Africa’s Kruger NP), along with a “transfer” to our hotel. That was interesting trying to get to our hotel in Stone Town through the maze of “streets” that are really just crooked alleys. How were are going to find our way around should be interesting!

A change of rooms once we got to our hotel…because one room had some kind of issue, took a little finagling but got it all figured out……Pam, i thank you again. My very huge king sized bed was so high off the ground that i have to use a stool to get in but when I hit the pillow (around 11pm, i think), it was lights out ….till 10 am.

August 29/23 after which included breakfast on the top of 6 floors…with no elevator, we went in search of and found a recommended restaurant called the “Sunset Bar”. What a spectacular view of the beautiful turquoise ocean….wow! From there we wandered along the main road adjacent to the waterfront of this protected town with buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries with Swahili, Indian, Arabic and European (Portuguese) influences.