Paradise lost: when a dream adventure turns into a holiday in hell

IT was dawn last Thursday week when Grace Forster first saw the unspoiled beauty of the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania.

As she surveyed the white beaches on the palm-fringed shore she thought she had landed in paradise.

A little over 24 hours later, she lay on the ground of her campsite, writhing in agony as a bullet tore through her back just inches from her spine.