In February, we had President's Day weekend off so I decided to get out of Nairobi and take a trip to my first "other" African country, Tanzania. My friend Lorraine decided to come with me and we had a blast. We arrived in Zanzibar, a small little island in the Indian Ocean, and got our first taste of being Americans in a part of the world where we're not necessarily liked. At the airport, everyone had to get visas in their passports. There was a listing of prices for the visas for citizens from each country. Every ... (more)