Zanzibar airport

Holy crap, quite the experience getting out of Zan. We had a trnsfer to the airport so the driver had a guy there waiting for us rather than the bag boys attacking are bags when we pulled up. This guy was great he went up to the counter got the guy to take us next at another counter(there was a long line) they took all our bags (we were only allowed 22 kilos apiece we has about a hundred total),guy just took them no fee. then then had you come into the baggage area and walk your luggage to the screeners. The female screenersays to me open those bags, I saw let me get my kids over,while we were waiting she says if you give me a tip I'll make it okay, I give her my last 4 singles and my bags go thru the screener! then we step up to pay the departure tax,$30.00 I had put it aside because I had been warned about it. The guy asks me where I'm going after he has this huge scene with unhappy Romanians,lots of yelling and shaking of passports. I tell him Dar es Salaam, he says then where I say eventually the US, he gives me $80.00 back,stamps my boarding pass, I say to the boys lets get out of here. We walk out to the airplane and I can see all our bags being loaded except one of Pete's. I send the boys to board and ask the stew if I can stay and watch. After I tell her my whole sorry tale of lost luggage shes says ok. I see a load of luggage heading to the Romainian plane with Pete's bag on the very bottom,I refuse to board they've closed the baggage bay and started the engines, they send me over (running on the tarmac to show them petes bag. They throw all the bags on top of his on the ground grab his and tell me c'mon run! Crazy place!

We sayed at a B&B in Soweto fri nite we were right down the block from Desmond Tutu's house. We'll be home soon. sitting in Atlanta waiting for our flight we get home about4 pm and will try to have a normal bedtime. e