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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8e8e3.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="04095810.png" border=0 width="149" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>BIG BLU</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>   |     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BIG BLU"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Activities"><U>Activities</U></A>   |   Not only diving   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="By wind"><U>By wind</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Safari"><U>Safari</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where we are"><U>Where we are</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dives sites"><U>Dives sites</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Something special for you"><U>Something special for you</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Equipments/Boats"><U>Equipments/Boats</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resorts/diving college"><U>Resorts/diving college</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mafia Is. self sustaining program"><U>Mafia Is. self sustaining program</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rates"><U>Rates</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wrote about us"><U>Wrote about us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Video"><U>Video</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gallery"><U>Gallery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Diving club coming"><U>Diving club coming</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our guests"><U>Our guests</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAQ"><U>FAQ</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scuba friends"><U>Scuba friends</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><U>Contact us</U></A></div> <div> Not only diving</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7010400000000.png" HEIGHT="17" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Visit Chole Island.</B> The oldest, still inhabited settlement in the archipelago, with the ruins of some Arab and Indian</div> <div>  Merchant buildings used by the Germans during the First World War. Chole Island is covered by extremely varied </div> <div> lush vegetation. You can visit a shipyard where traditional construction methods are still used to build dhows, the</div> <div>  typical East African sailing boat. Among the island's curiosities are a number of trees containing colonies of Comoro</div> <div>  bats, a protected species of fruit eating "flying foxes".</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7010400000000.png" HEIGHT="17" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Visit Juani Blue Lagoon.</B> A long channel linking the huge inland bay with the open sea that bisects the southern</div> <div>  point of Juani. At the end of the channel is an enormous natural swimming pool whose level varies according to</div> <div>  the tides. After a short walk you can enjoy its clear waters. The area can only be reached by boat during high tide</div> <div>  for a few hours a day but those who decide to trek from Kua will witness a natural phenomenon only known to few</div> <div>  people: during low tide, the whole channel is drained of water creating an extraordinary sight with a view of the </div> <div> ocean waves breaking on the reef in the background. </div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Visit Kua ruins. </B>The city of Kua, located in Juani (the place of the sun), was a major trade centre linking Africa to </div> <div> Asia, Kilwa to Zanzibar. Its elite inhabitants were the Persian Shiraz, who conquered Mafia in the 10th century, and </div> <div> later intermarried with the Mashatiri descendants of the Prophet Mohammad. Kua was ruled by a Queen Mwanazuari. </div> <div> In the late 15th and 16th century the Portuguese raided, but Kua met its demise from the Sakajala, a pirate group </div> <div> from Madagascar, and in retaliation the Omani Arabs from Zanzibar slaughtered them. The ruins of Kua city lie </div> <div> undisturbed in the bush, intertwined by trees. </div> <div>                                                                                                                         information courtesy of Women's Development Association, Chole, Mafia </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>