At breakfast you sit at a seafront restaurant watching the sun get higher (pic1), eating juicy tropical fruits on top of hot pancakes. When tide gets lower and wind picks up it is time to get into the water for kite surfing (pic2&pic3). Being just a beginner, you keep loosing the control of your kite, you smash onto your board and you swallow liters of salty water. But you keep trying over and over again, more or less following your teacher's shouted instructions. On the last go you finally do everything right - you surf towards the horizon, feeling surprised at your success and scared of the increasing speed. Your teacher gives you a thumbs up and you feel a sense of accomplishment.
Every paradise hosts a snake. It may manifest itself in the form of a dispute between friends or a stomach bug. Not all snakes are throughout evil, though. Solving disagreements and misunderstandings leads into deeper understanding, while being sick reminds to appreciate health.
Right after you get out of the water you drink down a well earned cold beer with just one sip. Then you hop on a motorbike and drive along the coast looking for a peaceful dinner location (pic4). You are lucky to find an empty restaurant furnished with comfy futons and atmospheric lights. As it gradually gets dark you can no longer see the sea but keep hearing its immediate presence. You enjoy the still quietness until you feel like completely chancing the mood and entering into a party. It is just a short ride before you are surrounded by joyful young people, well mixed house music and cheap cocktails. You end the day getting a bit too tipsy by drinking an over strong mojito.
No paradise stays annoyance free. It is no longer possible to aimlessly wander around the narrow alleys of the historic stone town (pic5), without being interrupted by persistent people selling souvenirs, tours and refreshments.
You sit in a taxi that is taking you to the ferry terminal from the lodges that have become so familiar to you during the past week (pic6). In your mind you say goodbye to the kite surfing hoods, the forests homing rare monkeys, the local villages, the picture-like shore line - the paradise in Zanzibar.
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