Jambiani, Tanzania Travel Blogs

Zanzibar - Spice Island
Aug 22, 2006

Zanzibar - Spice Island and tropical paradise! It is SO beautiful here, we arrived on Zanzibar at 6/7pm last night after getting the 'express' ferry from Dar Es Salaam which was supposed to take 1 1/2 hours but took nearer 3! It was an unhappy ride, ...

Jambiani
Nov 15, 2006 (3 photos)

Well here we are safe and sound in East Africa. Wow what a place!! I don't even know what to write yet...its still registering in my mind. We've been here three days now, and what i have to say is the people are amazing. They think were celebrities or ...

Zanzibar - Kendwa
Aug 23, 2006

Just a quick entry - we have been enjoying true zanzibar style today. We went on a boat trip in a traditional dhow up to Mnemba island on the NE coast of Zanzibar. The sea is turquoise/ azur blue and sparkly! The sand is so soft and white! We went ...

Zanzibar Part 1
Apr 24, 2009

... us and saying that we owed him money ... You can imagine the kind of response that he got to that! On Thursday we left Jambiani beach to return to Stone town - Lindsey and Megan were leaving on Friday. You'll be pleased to know that our adventures with ...

Stonetown Zanzibar - Touts = ticks
Aug 24, 2006

... blocks that we passed waved us on!! Anyway, Zanzibar is a beautiful island - the people are not so friendly though as mainland Tanzania and can be quite grating. However I am learning more Swahili now and it seems to deal with them more quickly! The ...

Enjoying Paradise Island - Jambiani
Apr 2, 2009

... next 4 days relaxing at. And that's exactly what we did. We have spent the last 4 days walking around the little village of Jambiani, swimming in the turquiose water of the Indian Ocean as well as hotel pools along the coast, laying in the sun, enjoying a ...

Day 15: Jambiani
Sep 9, 2007

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Still Kicken er
Nov 20, 2006 (5 photos)

Wow I am soaked, I just walked about 3 kilometres in a tropical storm to get to the computer. What the hell was i thinking. I love the rain here, its so warm and it falls pretty hard. I guess if i lived in Van i would hate the rain, but i love it ...

In Paradise
Oct 1, 2009 (3 photos)

Kichanga Lodge has many similarities to La Vita E Bella in Tulum.  Romantic bungalows along an expansive white sand beach sprinkled with coconut palms.  The water colour is brilliant turquoise with a large reef offshore with breaking white surf ...

(Almost) Untouched Beach Paradise
Jun 11, 2008 (9 photos)

Jambiani was gorgeous. White sand.  Aquamarine waves.  Blotches of dark green seaweed.  Tourism still seems to be in its infancy, there.  The half-dozen beachfront hotels, including our beautiful Blue Oyster Hotel, exist ...

Snorkelling, Seasickness, and Shooting Stars
Dec 2, 2008 (9 photos)

I didn't sleep well during the night for a variety of reasons - mosquitoes buzzing just outside of my protective netting, and the fact that I was terribly congested. I thought I was snoring so I kept waking up in an effort to not disturb Mary. PLUS I was ...

Working in Zanzibar for 1 month
Sep 9, 2008 (163 photos)

... thanks to him. They had a balcony which over looked the beach and I managed to get some amazing sunrises. Whilst working in Jambiani I managed to interview an Italian lady for the job as our staff member. She would of been fine its just such an issue ...

Off to Jambiani
Dec 1, 2008 (12 photos)

... to the hotel in time to check out at 10:00.  Our driver arrived promptly at 10:30 and we proceeded to set off for Jambiani.  The drive took just over an hour or so.  While en route, he stopped his car near the Jozani Forest, a national ...

Zanzibar: 8 Jahre danach
Dec 22, 1998

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