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Zanzibar Slideshow
Zanzibar
Travel Blogs from Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sep 19, 2011
Tropical paradise
... tropical paradise that we have known for the past 4 days whilst we have been staying at Paje Ndame on the South East coast of Zanzibar island. It has been a really amazing few days and a chance to relax, lie back and read our books - in the shade!!!! It ...
Girls week out on the Spice Island
... Dude's who's you couldn't even change the gears on. The handle bar rubber was no more existing either along with a common Zanzibar bike defect - no breaks. All good!!! We took a pretty good pace going north due to a nice breeze coming from behind. We ...
Day 228 - Return to Stone Town
... beef samosas. There were guys all over selling Tanzanian football (soccer) jerseys and others selling CDs of the Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar versions…) welcome song(s). They were shady and we didn’t want the product and were ...
An African Oasis and Island Paradise on Zanzibar
... end of the week. I hope it makes it into print and that more people at home are exposed to the situation here in Tanzania. I only hope to inspire more people to reach out internationally. If one person is changed by it, I've done my ...
In the land of jellyfish
... am going to risk it. Minus the jellyfish, and the fact that it would take over 30 hours to get here from Calfornia, I really like Zanzibar; it might be my new favorite tropical island. I wish I had more time here, but one more night will have to be enough ...
the day my suitcase was found (yippee!)
Dreamed that I found my suitcase. Wore one of Nikki's bathing suits, Julia's skirts and my gray tank again. (never went swimming - too afraid to take off the tank) Regardless, the Indian ocean is beautiful and has such amazing ...
Sunset over the Indian Ocean
... to stop. I will place all of my old Stone Town photos as a separate entry. Last 42 hours were spent at the top of Zanzibar. The 2 sunsets were not magnificent as they can be (too much cloud cover) but I made something out of nothing when last night a ...
Exploring Stone Town
... to our Bible (Lonely Planet!), dinner at the Rooftop Resturant of the 'boutique' hotel Emerson's & Green has become a 'Zanzibar institution'. Unfortunately we weren't able to book dinner there, despite calling quite a way in advance. I was very ...
Nothings Simple in Africa
... room and walked around and chatted was a really nice day in dar es salaam. The next day i decided to take the ferry to zanzibar which i've heard so much good stuff about. The touts at the ferry port are INTENSE but not dangerous and not as bad as egypt. ...
Day 222 - Heading to the Beach
The ride to Nungwi on the northern tip of the island of Zanzibar took a little over an hour. The highway was smooth and the time went by quickly as did the concrete blocked houses somehow still the familiar brown dirt/dust colour despite the rich ...
Sep 18, 2011
Paradise in Paje
... of days back in Stone Town, where we visited Prison Island, we decided to have a look at the east coast of Zanzibar. Bente had recommended a place called Paradise Beach Bungalows in Paje, which was owned by a Japanese woman. Again we used our favourite ...
All you need is binoculars and suncream....
... is all I've done for the last two days so I'm rested and ready for the big drive to Malawi tomorrow. 3. Zanzibar spice tour. Do you know how cloves, cinnamon, jykfruit, ginger, cocoa and lemongrass grow and how they smell and taste ...
T.I.A
... flight. Sure enough when the flight arrived so did the Swedes.... They somehow knew that I would still be there, despite waiting at Zanzibar airport for four hours waiting for them. And so we were off to the beachside town of Paje, on the lower East ...
Zanzibar
... slave market lent ghosts to the eerie shadows. We would wait until the daylight to get lost in that town. When I think of Zanzibar I think of sultans, spices and slaves. In my minds eye it is in a mythical location along with Timbuktu and Shangri ...
Jambo Jambo!
... considering we are in Africa and on a budget, it was a great place to relax and get to know our truck buddies even better. Zanzibar is famous for its scuba sites so we didn't pass up the chance to dive at one of its reefs. It was a great day ...
New friends and weirdos
A rather stressful start to the day after making my way from Johannesburg to Cape Town this morning. I arrived in Cape Town with just a few leftover US dollars, AED 1,000 and the rest of my money in Tanzanian shillings, which I'd collected from Western ...
Chillin out!
... ! Malaria is in the post we reckon! We then had to get up well early to set off for 4 days of chillin on the island of Zanzibar which is where we are now. We spent one night in the old town where we did a spice and culture tour and then at night went ...
IMAGES: On the Beach
Having now moved to a landlocked country, I have developed an incessant thirst for water. The pleasures of the Zanzibari coast offered a glorious respite: the lullaby of waves coming and going, the feeling of grains of sand flowing between toes, ...
Day 227 - Last Day in Paradise
Eli quietly snuck out of the room early in the day leaving Mia serenely asleep inside. Over a superior breakfast (for Zanzibar) he enjoyed a picturesque view of the water including an invigorating ocean breeze. Here Eli experienced a curious ...
Leaving the Green Mamba in Dar and off to Zanzibar
... they mostly fly over to the island). The muslim women were all veiled, some of them completely so you could only see their eyes. Zanzibar is 95% muslim. The ferry was late getting to Stone Town and there was a bit of a hiccup when the person sent to ...
Seashells resort
... is a great place to chill and relax, extremely beautiful surroundings and awesome water and sand. Highly recommend Seashells Bungalows in Bweju Zanzibar! We were sorry to leave on Monday to head to Dar. We caught a local daladala (pick up truck similar ...
Finally...the beach
... Joshi. He brought us to his restaurant for some very good samosas and then we were taken to Nungwi beach at the north of Zanzibar. We arrived at this little collection of beach resorts. We were the only ones staying at ours, the Langi Langi resort. It ...
Zanzibar Part 1
... less fear-filled adventure! I'm sure that most of you don't need much of an introduction to Zanzibar. It is a relatively small island off the coast of Tanzania and is famous for its beaches, spice trade and eclectic mix of cultures. By reputation it ...
Zanzibar!
... him 5000 shillings, so he made off like a bandit. GRRR! The next day is snorkeling. There are hundreds of islands around zanzibar, so we scheduled a tour to visit 3 of them. That morning we wake up, and it is the gloomiest day we've ...
Spice Island Zansibar
... pics. So today, after two long driving days from Malawi we took the ferry to the tropical island paradise of Zanzibar. At least three torrential rainfalls have greeted us since, flooded the post-Ramadan festivities (but not the party itself, ...
'Arabian niiiiiiiiightss...'
After managing to wangle a direct flight to the island of Zanzibar (due to a flight delay from kili meaning we would miss our connecting flight from Dar), we arrived in the busy capital Stonetown and spent a night at Zenji hotel. The town is ...
Zanzibar: Food, Culture and blue water
... coast of Dar es Salam is the island of Zanzibar. At 1 million people, this island has a rich (but sad recent) history. Zanzibar was the main slave island for slave transport to Europe, India and the middle-east. The reminisce of slave markets (small ...