We’re back home after some wild adventures in rural Zanzibar, I’m sitting at a desk that has random bits of currencies from various countries, you know the leftover stuff that you had saved for a coffee in the departure lounge but didn’t get to spend because you arrived way too late for that and besides you didn’t want it to interfere with the tranqs you have to take to actually get on a plane. What are you supposed to do with all that left over currency. No-one outside of Tanzania wants shillings.

We had a grand time with Reyna and Zan, and Ben and Kinsey. Sailing in a traditional dhow to a deserted Komonda island with powder white sand, serious coral outcrops and well, you know, blue water. Getting lost on the way back to our hotel in the pitch dark, getting stuck in the knee deep mud way after midnight. There is still mud in my camera bag and I have no idea how it got there.

I think the thing that will stick in my mind for while though is the first dance to the sounds of Ngoma drummers and dancers, very very Where The Wild Things Are and just one of those weird-moments-lit-by-a-bonfire-on-an-empty-beach at the end of which you kind of think, well, that happened. I remembered to take some pics.

I’m going to post a lot from this wedding due to ‘concerned friends and family (aka Moms)’, to those moms I just wanted to say that you have two amazing children, I’m sure the huge reception back home will be as incredible as their barefoot on the beach wedding.

… as for the two of you, I’m starting to save up to shoot ‘Nature! … with Zan’ – the movie. We’ll see you when you get back.

Also a big thank you to Sjani from Weddings in Zanzibar who organized the most rocking Zanzibar wedding ever!

We have even more pics from Zan and Reyna’s wedding on our facebook page. I believe they have facebook access, you’re welcome to leave them a message.

We have even more pics from Zan and Reyna’s wedding on our facebook page, btw the mosquitoes in Zanzibar are silent, like ninjas.

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OK, Zanzibar was amazing and Paul and Cindi’s wedding was in the words of one guest … incredible. Coasting along the sea in a wooden boat to Kwale Island, watching elephant shrew outside my room, listening to the monkeys going ballistic on my roof at night, trying to hear the words of the priest over the roar of the ocean … all incredible memories.

Cindi and Paul were total rockstars, they even looked like rockstars, insisted on photographs with the baobab, and in the village – my kind of couple. Thank you both for your hospitality and warmth, the love and friendship of your friends and family are a reflection of your love for each other. I can’t think of a more perfect place for the two of you to get married than on the edge of a deserted island in the Indian Ocean, surrounded by your friends and family.

coordination – by our fav Zanzibar wedding coorindator, Sjani at Weddings on Zanzibar : info@zanzibarweddings.com T/F +255 (0)24 225 0117 M +255 (0)78 441 9905

More in a day or so … btw if you’re a Nikon geek, my two Nikons, one which was recently calibrated and the other which is brand new, did not deal well with the massive amounts of light and contrast in Zanzibar. I ended up switching everything to manual and going old school.

I’m finally back from Zanzibar, which was beautiful and exotic and all the things you expect from a tropical island on the edge of Africa. Give me a couple of hours to unpack my bags, answer the 212 emails in my mailbox, and get the beach sand out of my camera bag and I’ll tell you all about Cindi and Paul’s wedding on Kwale Island. Until then, I did manage to do some work on the flight back. No, my fear of flying hasn’t gone away and yes I still fly tranquilized, but for some reason the tranquilizers weren’t working on the way back, so I edited photos.