The Plan

The next stage of my adventure starts tomorrow!  I'm waking up at 4 AM to head to the airport.  Not especially excited about the timing, but super excited about the fact that I'm officially on vacation.  Here's the plan:

• Saturday, September 10: Fly to Dar es Salaam, meet up with my mom, and find our hotel.
• Sunday, September 11: Explore Dar es Salaam, then fly to Arusha in the evening.  We're staying at Le Jacaranda Hotel.
• Monday, September 12 - Friday, September 16: Safari!  Five days and four nights of camping and animal seeking, just the two of us and our guides. We'll go through Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater.  
• Saturday, September 17 - Monday, September 19: Fly to Zanzibar and get settled in at our beach resort, the Imani Beach Villa.  I'm really looking forward to going on a spice tour, maybe riding a dhow, going snorkeling, hanging out on the beach... so many options!
• Tuesday, September 20 - Thursday, September 22: Change venues slightly to Stone Town, where we'll be staying at a quirky little hotel called the Zanzibar Coffee House.
• Friday, September 23: Ferry back into Dar, explore the city, and find a hotel.
• Saturday, September 24: Flight home!  I'll be back in Seattle around 5 PM on the 25th.  It took me and Laura six weeks to realize that Jeremy and I will be on the same flight from Ethiopia to DC, because we're smart like that.

Here's hoping that my mom's actually at the airport in Dar when I arrive...