High Tide

We arrived at Nungwi Guest House, a strange but welcoming place with cartoons of sharks and animals painted over EVERY wall! It had a small courtyard in the centre of the rooms where we met and became friends with a girl called Sita from Birmingham, and a ridiculous Italian guy called Miguel who showed us great places to eat, and took us down to the beautiful beach that evening. The beach was just like the pictures in the magazines, luscious white sand and crystal clear water, with bars along the waterfront. Gorgeous!

They filled us in on the plan for the Full Moon Party the following night, held at Kendwa Rocks, an infamous party hotspot for travelers and locals alike. We mentioned that we had found out about the party from some Irish girls we had met way back in Zambia, to which they replied “what… the dentists?”. What a small world, they had been staying with them just a few weeks previously!

After some excellent and remarkably cheap dinner at a local restaurant, we headed to Kendwa. We arrived to see hundreds or party goers stretching from one beach bar right across to the other side of the beach. We headed up to a lounge above the bar where we were reunited with the Irish girls and the festivities began!

At around 4.30am, we decided to stroll the half an hour back along the beach to Nungwi, where we had food and warm beds waiting. Our plan however was foiled as we were faced with high tide and no money for a taxi! Eventually we gave up and headed back to the party, where the crowd was beginning to disperse, so we made a nest on sofas with our gang and huddled there until 7.37am when the tide was low enough to continue on!