Thursday, October 25, 2012

Kizimkazi, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Seaside Critters

The beach was littered with seashells.

We saw all kinds of crabs, but most of them wouldn't pose for us as nicely as this one.

An octopus!

Sea urchins and friends...don't miss the camouflaged guy on the right!


   We spent a good amount of our time at the beach poking at things in the sand and tide pools.  When the tide was low, we would carefully step over the carpet of sea urchins and walk out to the reef to go snorkeling.  Sea life is abundant off the island coast.  We saw octopuses, countless fish, coral, sea snakes, sand crabs, and all sorts of things we couldn't identify.  We even swam with dolphins!  Our only scars from the sea came from a brood of jellyfish, but they were more of an annoyance than any real danger.  Nevertheless, Kurt still liked to swim around with a spear.

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