Jomba, our guide tells us there is an archipelago of more than 50 islands of which one is Prison Island. Local people call Prison Island Changu Island after the fish they fish for. They are white snapper. The island was called Prison more recently after the fact the British built a prison on it.

Baobab tree … they make juice from the seeds from the fruit. Also the Tamarack tree they use to make juice

There are 130 tortoises now on the island from the original 4 ….. a gift from the Seychelles Islands. They are land turtles. It takes only 3 months for the incubation of eggs. The underside is concave for the males with humps on the their backs while the female has a flat belly and rounded shell. Males have longer tails for balance when “making out”. If you massage their necks they will stretch their necks and their legs as they are relishing the treatment.

The prison was built in 1893. It was never used as a prison because of an outbreak of cholera or yellow fever as was being finished. It was then used as a quarantine station where people arriving, had to stay for about a week before being released.

Everybody has to learn Swahili language so that all the different tribes of which there are about 120, can understand each other. And then there’s those that are in the tourism industry that have also learned to speak good English with a bit of an accent.

Before heading back Pam and I were going to go for a swim in the gorgeous turquoise waters. She went but I left my bathing suit etc at the hotel. While we there on the beach there were a group of gals on what seemed to be a girls trip. Oh my they were having too much fun especially a couple of them….flinging themselves into the water.

The trip back to Stone town of only about 1/2 hour was just a wee bit choppy, dousing us all, especially the two in the front.

Later we ventured to the Sunset Bar at the Indian House, to watch the sun go down as we ate dinner