Kaila+G

Jan. 19th-(Thursday)- Flying over the Indian Ocean Nice day- hot and muggy. Crossed the equator and now 3 degrees south. Close enough to the water to see many flying fish

Jan.20th- (friday) Still hot and muggy but not as bad. Still see many flying fish. Tonight we shall see the first of the Seychelles Islands 5:30 P.M.- Many Islands now are in vue. Captain says there used to be 1000 differnt Islands, now there's only 115. Of these Islands almost everyone is populated (Now abord boat)- We stop at midnight on anchor and then run into the port of one of the biggest Islands in the morning. It;s called Mahe (prononced "Maahay") These Islands belong to the United Kingdom. The language is Creole, English, and French ( it depends on different islands and cultures) The Islands of Seychelles are all pretty healthy, the population is 82,247.

Jan.21-(Mahe Seychelles Islands)- on a boat When we first came on deck about 7 A.M. we were at anchor in the harbor. The mountains are back of the town and the top of the mountains are coverd with clouds. There was **many** coconut palms covering the Island. They also raise pineapples, bananas, vanilla, and a queer double coconut. The boats on the other sides are full of hats of all colors, there was mangos and cocnuts, fresh fish and much more. Before the Suez Canal was built it was a thriving place as all ships to India used it to stop for water supplies.

I have never saw a more beautiful assortments of colors than the water along that shore. The water is shalo in most places and the white caps breake everywhere and there are six distinct shades of blue. We are now moving anchor and I must go out and watch the beaytiful colors.



March 25th- (Saterday)- abord ship We came in sight fo Zanzibar about 2:30 or 3 P.M. and stopped in front of the city and anchord at 4:30. We all went ashore for two houres, we were carried ashore by natives. I think I was rather heavy for them( I'm 230 lbs.) But i did get wet feet because the couldn't hold me high enough. We walked about, seeing the Sultans Palace. The Island was realy beautiful-very green. Beautiful sand beaches and many atractive looking houses. We bought a big bunch of bananas, probably 125 to 150 for two shillings,or one rupee, also bought a few mangoes and we saw an enormous filed where they were playing baseball, or football, and most of the town seemed to be there.We saw the old slave market and the Church of England. The streets are ot wide but nothing like as narrow as the native quarters in Algiers, or in any city of china. We passed the Sultan's stable and the smells were the same as in America. The tide was so low so we could walk out to our boat all right. Went through bazaars, etc.



March 26th-(Sunday)-Zanzibar As we got to shore they backed up and some boys waded out to me and lifted me up, carrying me to the shore again, with two wet feet.We got motor car and went to Bubobo. The Islandis beautiful-as green as can be-great huge mango trees, very beautiful shape and color, a rich green. We have passed another house belonging to the Sultan with a red flag over it, same as we saw on the palace yesterday. Stopped in clove plantation and picked a few leaves and some green cloves. The air laden with the scent of cloves was delightful. Have put those leaves and the green cloves in one of the porcupine boxes we bought. The smell is fine. Took six kodak pictures. It is a rarely beautiful place and the surprise is to have everything so clean. The Island is realy ruled by English Com. and the Sultan has only a little authority and pricipally with the natives. We bought: 3 gold bracelets, 1 moonstone bracelet, 2 assorted stone, 2 sets of cuff buttons, 1 elephant hair gold ring, 1 native cap for 2 rupees, 2 porcupine boxes, 2 ivory bracelets, 5 lace doilies, 1 piece narrow lace. Also bought 12 oranges, 6 red mangoes and 3 cocoanuts. Now we are off for Dar-Es-Salaam.The buildins are beautiful. They are nearly all stone and line the water edge on the ocean and also on the harbor side. We got our landing tickets and went ashore. Were asked for our landing tickets four times, three times by black soldiers and once in custome house by white man.We took double and one single richshaw and had one and a half hours' drive, going along the shore past many beautiful buildings to the oceanside. The houses were of stone, well built and many nice designs. We eventually came to the town, passing the old German hotel, now called the Central Hotel, then many stores, all having English names now, and then down a slight declivity (incline) to the dock. We had come ashore in a motor boat and found it waiting. They wouldn't take my Indian money, so had to go to the ships cachier for money to pay the boat fare. The boys charged for the richshaws and six boys three rupees each but it took a pound sterling to pay as they refused the Indian money. Gave them the extra rupee for tip. We reached the boat in time for dinner, amazed at what the Germans had done in making such a fine city. It now has only 500 European inhabitats and of these 250 are English Government employes. The Germans had made the begining of a fine city, well laid out with roads and large lots and the place, with its thousands of trees and coconut palms, was a very attractive spot. They say it is awfully hot and alive with mosquitoes.