Africa Honeymoon
Mnemba Island Lodge, Mnemba Island, Zanzibar
   ~ DAY 15: 10 AUGUST 2003 ~
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Mnemba Island is a major turtle nesting site and this morning we were notified about a turtle hatching - we went out and saw a small green turtle struggling its way across the beach. It wasn't taking the shortest route so was given a little human assistance, and we watched as it entered the sea (see video footage).

Mnemba IslandBecky had been given a Michael Crichton book by Luigi so the exchange was completed with the now finished Harry Potter novel. We walked around the island once again, this time with our snorkelling gear, and went into the sea for the occasional, quick dip en route. Back at the coral reef, we saw all manner of fish, a number of eel-like creatures and a bright blue starfish.

We had lunch (see photo gallery below) - the fish was white snape - and chatted once again to the English couple that married on the same day as us. Because neither of us had many photos of us together (mostly just pictures of animals from the safari elements of our respective honeymoons), Becky had the great idea that we met up later in the afternoon and took pictures of each other. This worked out particularly when we realised that Charlie's camera (a Canon G3) was almost identical to Paul's (a Canon G5).


We met up at 5.00pm, saw a starfish that had been washed ashore, took some great pictures and returned to our lodge for our final sundowner on the island. We begrudgingly did a little packing and went for dinner where we met a Greek couple who recommended that we try a particular place on Santorini for one of our future holidays. That night was a fairly sleepless one since it was a near full moon (so the doves kept coo-ing pretty much throughout the night) and we had a very early departure the next day.

 
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Turtle hatching
Menu for the day
Paul and Becky at lunch
Lunch!
       
Washed-up starfish
Becky & Paul on Mnemba
Paul at sunset
Becky at dinner
       
 
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Mnemba Island Lodge accommodation
Mnemba Island crab
Hard-working crab!
Turtle hatching on Mnemba Island
Our lodge on Mnemba
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Mnemba crab activity
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Crab close-up
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Baby turtle heads for sea
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