Today we leave early (6:30 a.m., shades of the Serengeti game drives) and drive south on the island to take a small rickety wooden boat out to see dolphins and snorkel.  First, though, the menfolk had to get out and push our boat across a reef just offshore that was rapidly emerging in the falling tide.  This seemed fair to the women since it was not their weight that was causing us to ground.  However, it turned out to be a little dicey as the way out was littered with sea urchins sporting six-inch long spines.  Craig moved more thoughtfully than usual.  The sea was too rough for Phyllis to try out her new swimsuit but Craig swam and snorkeled a couple of times.

More interesting was seeing the local fishing canoes and then, a new experience for the women, having to navigate barefoot back through the forest of sea urchins when we returned, the tide having gone completely out by now.  A second stop at the Jozani National Park where the highlight was seeing the rare red colobus monkey (less than 2,000 remain in the world) and we were back on the outskirts of Stone Town for late lunch at an elegant beachside resort.  Exhausted again, collapsed at the hotel by 4 p.m. and surfaced only for wine and munchies later on the roof.  Grabbed a piece of naan from the fish BBQ again to share, only because we need food to accompany our malaria pills.  These pills are a real bother, but the alternative is worse.