We left Stone Town to tour a Spice Farm Plantation. Zanzibar is known as the Spice Island. They grow lots of different spices. We saw cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, curry, turmeric, cloves, ginger, and cardamon. Some spices like turmeric and ginger are actually roots from the plant. Cinnamon and cardamon come from the bark of the tree. Cloves, nutmeg, and vanilla grow off the branch. Curry is from the leaf of the plant. We found out how to know which spice is which by crunching and smelling the leaves. At the spice tour we also tried a few fruits. We tried starfruit and jackfruit. Starfruit, to me, tasted like a sour plum but in the shape of a star, and jackfruit tasted starchy like a banana but the flavour was like a unripe pineapple without juice. I liked them both. The guide's helper made us bracelets, frogs, hats, rings, and glasses out of leaves. Most of them were from palm leaves and the glasses were a vanilla leaf. The photos below are nutmeg and jackfruit. Jackfruit is the big green one. Nutmeg is the little nut inside of the pear-looking fruit.
Hi Kali,
Nice glasses and hat! It is very cool that they are made out of leaves.The ocean is like a bath tub? Awesome! It has been up to - 5
here,really cold. We all have to wear mittens,toques,winter jackets,boots and fleece pants.Yesterday it was about -3 and sometimes -4, I had so many clothes on I felt like a walking snowman. It is supposed to snow on Monday! (I hope it does).
I think you are on safari right now. I can't wait to hear about all the animals that you see. I hope it didn't hurt too much when you got stung by the jellyfish. It is amazing that you got to swim close to dolphins. Looking forward to your next blog post.
love Kalla
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Heather
2/11/2014 10:05:41 am
Hi Kali;
Pretty cool to see where spices really come from rather than just out of a jar :) Thank you for sharing...I get to learn through your adventures.
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grace
3/9/2014 01:57:57 pm
Nice glasses, Kali! They're not as good as mine ,though.;) *
Glad you are having fun!
*Get the joke?
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Grace
3/10/2014 07:19:17 am
haha
kali
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Joshua (Grace's brother)
4/21/2014 01:46:31 am
Hi Kali!
Cool glasses!I think that nutmeg is cool .
JoShUa!!!!
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