Travel Blogs from Zanzibar Town, Tanzania

Things are getting hot

A travel blog entry by bruceandpetra

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... to complete his open water PADI and Bruce and I were also keen to dive. I can honestly say for all those people who enjoy diving Zanzibar is awesome. It was like being in the movie "Finding Nemo". There was loads of soft coral, clown fish and all sorts. ...

Group Travel Begins

A travel blog entry by texasnomads

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... of our group that were sure to become our new best friends. Our tour started on April 2nd in Stone Town, the main port city and capital of Zanzibar.  We met up with our tour leader Tanya and seven other group members at the Safari Inn Hotel in the ...

Lions, elephants, manta rays and moray eels

A travel blog entry by jc_haroon

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Well, finding Internet access has been difficult. We are currently in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Zanzibar is an island off the coast of Tanzania - it is our last night here in Zanzibar. We flew straight from the end of our safari to Zanzibar and went straight ...

Welcome to Paradise

A travel blog entry by mish_brendan

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Today we caught a mid morning ferry to the island paradise of Zanzibar. After a brief orientation tour of the city we had the afternoon at our leisure to wander the narrow streets of historic Stone Town, which was the centre of the infamous East African ...

Sultans and Dhows

A travel blog entry by wheresmolly

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... seen as just a mzungu. We will see how it goes. I continue to see the interesting influence of religion here. Zanzibar is overwhelmingly Muslim, something like 95% I think. Everything is done through the mosques, community support, money lending, water ...

Zanzibarf

A travel blog entry by lindsayloub

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... it in its full glory.  We got up super early as usual to catch a foot ferry to Dar and then the fast ferry to Zanzibar.  The reference to Zanzibarf is owed to this ferry ride....on the way back it was like a 2 hour ride on the pirate ship at ...

Beach time & a glimpse into East African life.....

A travel blog entry by maxigrove

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Hello from the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania! We are here resting on a beautiful beach, soaking up some rays and swimming in the crystal clear blue waters. A month of sleeping in a tent and waking up an awful lot of times at 5am and 6am wears a person ...

Kendwa Pictures..

A travel blog entry by evs1210

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Happy days, poor XR 250,s

A travel blog entry by miles1

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Zanzibar 25/10 to 30/10/2009 The only problem with the time spent in Zanzibar was my family was not there. Traveling with Omar the Egyptian and Bridget the Australian was a laugh a minute. I will explain. We were all lined up on the beach on our rented XR ...

Hello Zanzibar

A travel blog entry by ccinafrica

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We arrived in Zanzibar Town (Stone Town) around 4pm on the Flying Horse. In order to save a bit of money we had chosen the ferry Flying Horse instead of the much faster catamarans. It was wasn't flying very fast though, so a journey which could have ...

Oh Zanzibar (sigh)

A travel blog entry by carlosoflion

... I slept most of the way. Getting off the boat was amazing because we had finally arrived at out anticipated destination. Karibu Zanzibar read across the customs/immigration gate which means Welcome to Zanzibar. I was excited. We received a personal taxi, ...

Stone Town

A travel blog entry by danielfernandez

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... . Nope. 4:00am in the morning they sound off. Chaotic the ferry back to Dar es Salaam is. A quick wonder around town before catching another ferry over to Zanzibar. Upgraded to first class on the sea star II. Ostrich biltong to keep me till lunch time. In ...

Maaneds Update og forbaabentlig billeder

A travel blog entry by afrikaeskapade

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... at koebe en numsepude. Vi har konstant lugtende mennesker paa skoedet og levende kyllinger paa bagagehylden. Benpladsen er ikke bygget tilkaemper. I Tanzania har de de vildeste fartbump, som goer direkte ondt at koere over. De er over det hele, og goer ...

Bring Your Appetite

A travel blog entry by lindseyandpaul

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... took an eight hour bus back to Dar Es Salaam.  From there, we caught a two hour ferry to Zanzibar, an island just off the eastern coast of Tanzania.  It’s now technically a part of Tanzania, but still thinks it’s independent and so ...

Poa Kichizi Kama Ndizi (Cool as Bananas) Zanzibar

A travel blog entry by therhodesies

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... our way.  It was here that Freddie wrote some of his greatest songs.   Tuesday 10th March - Day 20 Zanzibar, Stone Town to Lilongwe Beach, Sunset Bungalows By leaving at 8am the 1h45minute journey meant we arrived with time to spare.  ...