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Stone Town Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Stone Town, Tanzania
Happy days, poor XR 250,s
... back to town on the last day we had to take one of the staff members as we had no money left and the only ATM is in stone city, he had no helmet. The police pulled us all up (let the circus begin) no license etc.... we got taken into the interview room ...
Sygdom og billeder
... naar ramadanen slutter om aftenen, og 10 sekunder efter hoejtaleren har sagt noget paa arabisk, saa staar alle og spiser eller ryger. Stone Town er ogsaa det foerste sted hvor man kan koebe "rigtig" gademad, ud over pomfritter og vi har faaet diverse bbq ...
Hello Zanzibar
... huts owned by Inge, a friend and colleague of Dorrit (Christian's mum). Bente also gave us some quick survival training to Zanzibar and Stone Town. Where to go, what to see, where to buy fruit, etc. We had already been briefed by Inge in Denmark, but it ...
Zanzibar
... ferry in the world 3 hours to Zanzibar tropical paradise we stayed in the main town for the first night stone town which has very interesting buildings not surprisingly made from local stone all painted white a labrinth of alleyways they say you ...
Tanzania: Zanzibar, Stone Town
... the famous singer was born in Zanzibar…surprise surprise!), looked around an old fort, saw the famous big tree of Stone town, tried to eat something on the night food market (didn’t happened…) and watched a beautiful sunset. Later on we ...
Oh Zanzibar (sigh)
I was anticipating the Island of Spice for so long that I had my hopes set up really high. However, from this experience I will not do such a thing again. Reaching port in a boat without a/c was ok due to the fact I slept most of the way. Getting ...
ZANZIBAR!!
... , and even showed a movie! Clearly our guide hasn't been from Jordan to Egypt by ferry!! Stonetown is a very old town with Indian, Portugese and Arabic influences. It is especially renown for its elaborate doors which are intricately carved ...
Zanzibar: Spicy Tropical Island Paradise
... , we dropped off our stuff and had a nice lunch at a local restaurant. Our ATC group then all went on a tour of Stone Town and a Spice Plantation. The guide was hilarious. He would talk in these funny voices and say the weirdest ...
Spice Tour 2008
... filled with drinks could make some money. It was probably the tour guide's cousin or something. After the Spice Tour, I just walked around Stone Town again. The touts were out again being very aggressive. One guy even came up to me to say that he knew ...
Stone Town
... for Muslims. 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 ...
Dans finally arrived!
The plane journey was not to bad as there was a visit to the pub on the way, although when i got onto the plane i found a American had taken my seat next to the window so being British i took his seat and didn't complain. He then went on to tell me his ...
Maaneds Update og forbaabentlig billeder
... 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 ...
Zanzibar
This will be brief ... The weather was a disaster ... torrential rain showers every day and rivers flowing through the streets of Stone Town. We did not sit in the shade of any palm trees, no sunning or sitting on the white sandy beaches or swimming in ...
Bring Your Appetite
... and everything. We arrived just when it was getting dark and set out on the mission to find a place to sleep in Stone Town. And there’s no guessing where this place got its name. The stone streets look like they simply grew into ...
Poa Kichizi Kama Ndizi (Cool as Bananas) Zanzibar
... 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. ...
Jun 18, 2011
Freddy Mercury was here..
... , the twin spires of some grand old church and hundreds upon hundreds of smaller buildings in no particular order. We had reached Stone Town, Zanzibar. Getting off the ferry and into customs was easy. Zanzibar though in a bid to maintain its self-imposed ...
When in Zanzibar..
... for, but there is a chance that it just might be better than this for absolutely none of the usual reasons of sustainable tourism. Stone Town isn't a very big place, as the crow flies one could walk from its beaches and green roots all the way to its ...
When I got wet
... are off the agenda which is a shame as from what I have seen they look pretty amazing. But with one opportunity gone, another presents, Stone Town in the rain is even better than in the dry! There are no drains here but rather all of the thousands of ...
London, Dar Es Salaam to Zanzibar
... at the heartstrings how they are hovering around the breadline yet go about this patter with a smile on their faces. Stone Town's great - faded colonial buildings and Muslim influence obvious - maze like streets filled with locals going about their ...
On the go
... get married with a citizen don't look for luck there. Azaam boats are one of the best, most safe and comfortable ferries in Tanzania. The Azaam company has spread its profile not only on the Ocean. Azaam branding is also very popular in F&B sector. ...
Exotic Christmas under a Palm Tree
A wide spreading trend of exotic Christmas Eve desertion is popular all over the world. Decision about exchanging a snowy and freeze ski slope in one of the winter resorts into a roasting hot and secluded place on Earth doesn't surprise anyone anymore. ...
R & R in Zanzibar
... women in bui-bui sharing a joke and some local gossip" The guide book description does not paint the entire picture. We found Stone Town sadly depressing. There is old persian architecture but it is in such a crumbling state of disrepair one wonders if it ...
Small Matata and Packed Backpack
... I have heard on that day and I couldn't agree with them. This was far too much. On a day when both owners left to town I organized a meeting with the stuff during which I have explained the whole situation. They were all surprised but they also gave me an ...
Spicy
Today we drove back to the capital, Stone Town (so called because the old town was stone rather than mud-built). En route we had culinary botany lesson, with a tour of a spice farm - of which there are very many. The word "farm" conjures up all sorts of ...
Oh Lord Fan-Dam
Quick update. The room fan is no more. Well it is but I'll be dammed if I'm turning the thing back on after an incident occurred today. A further update, which is heavily linked to the first, is that my bed or bedcovers or mosquito netting has fleas or ...
the spice island
... takes us a while to get there but we finally make it - its an amazing approach, clear blue waters surrounding crumbling but gorgeous stone town. As we've only got the weekend we decide not to head to the beaches up north but instead stay in the capital. ...