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Zanzibar Slideshow
Zanzibar
Travel Blogs from Zanzibar, Tanzania
Nungwi - Diving and beachwalking
... looking for the cheapest dive shop...ended up having to come back to the first one, but all good...at least i saw the place... Tanzania, basically, is still going great in most ways, and i love it, and I do not want to leave Zanzibar! Maybe I ...
The price of being a 'Mzungu'
... in cheek, rude, funny, or romantic. I had to buy the one that incorporated 'insh'allah' - a term quite often used in Zanzibar too, thanks to Arabic history and influence here. Khanga and souvenir buying complete (I'm trying to pace myself and bear in ...
5 Month Time Line
How time flies when you are having fun ! After travelling 57,995 Kilometres in 37 cities of 14 different countries thus far I cant believe that I have been 'on the road' for five whole months now. As well as it being the anniversary ...
Days 225 to 226 - On the Beach
After consulting with a few other divers, Eli decided he would dive another day at the locally celebrated Mnemba marine park. When he went to book for the next day, he was surprised when told that the 'daily' dive boat to Mnemba Island was NOT running ...
Stonetown Zanzibar - Touts = ticks
... from other vans and add to ours! I dont know why all the police 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 ...
Infected open wounds and bush surgery.
... according to the veterans. Leaving the mara we headed back to Nairobi for the night and then began our journey towards Tanzania. The next leg included the serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater. Both are stunning places, and unfortunately I have misplaced ...
Zanzibar
... as not had enough time on the Internet, so am posting my updates now! Photos to follow soon :) So I have found Paradise on Zanzibar island ... it is absolutely beautiful! Perfect white sand, crystal clear waters ... I have spent a week here with another ...
WORDS AND IMAGES: Boys will be Boys
... that he was enthralled by the same feats of Ali, a young man training at Kariako-a sort of youth fitness centre and playground-in Zanzibar town. Fuad learned all he could from him until the mentor moved to Nigeria. But now, "I am the teacher," he ...
Zanzibar, Tanzania
October 29- Up at 4:00am to get our 7:ooam flight to Zanzibar, Tanzania via Kilimanjaro Airport. We had arranged a taxi for 4:45am, hoping he would arrive...he did. It was a 2 hour flight on a 30-seater prop plane to ...
Warning - Another boring entry
... , we snorkelled for about 90 minutes and then returned back to our guesthouse. Before returning to the guesthouse, we stopped somewhere on Zanzibar island for lunch. Guess who I ran into? Lyndsay. The English girl I kept running into in Uganda and Rwanda. ...
Day 40 (Zanzibar)
... we are going to - I doubt you guys will read this but "see you soon, stay strong, almost there" Enough dreaming...I look outside at the beach and remember I am on Zanzibar island, supper time, evening sundowners, our backgammon game awaits ...
In Zanzibar
... 50. The ferry ride was pretty boring. I just stayed out on the deck for most of the ride. When I arrived in Zanzibar, I was surprised that I had to go through immigration again. I didn't understand why but I went through the whole process. When I ...
Zanzibar!
... been a while, the internet has been very few and far between and when we've had access its been expensive and slow! So...Zanzibar, we caught the ferry across from Dar es Salaam on Sunday morning, the ferry was really full and took a couple of hours, ...
A Place Called Paradise
Hello again! I've been in this internet cafe for just over the half hour so have another 28 minutes to take up (it's taken this long to load most of the web pages and find out how poorly the Magpies have been performing over the last week), so here's an ...
Sun, sand, cocktails !!
... piss so just chilled out with some locals by the bonfire who were getting stoned and listening to Bob Marley – classic,. Zanzibar is not just a beautiful island packed with some spectacular flora and fauna, it truly is an escape from the chaos and ...
Zanzibar
... nbsp; Indeed, it's a magical place to see... Historical Note: In case you didn't know Tanzania was born went Tanganyika and Zanzibar were combined into 1 country. Tanganyika was a British name for the Tanzania territory before the ...
Zanzibar!
... and i slept surprisingly well, being balanced on a sun lounger! The next day we were heading over on the ferry to Zanzibar. After cursing myself a million tiimes for bringing such a heavy bag, we made it over the ferry into Stonetown, the capiltal ...
Old Stone town which needs to be restored and kept
... exception, especially the smells and sights with accompanying flies! So join me as I take you on a pictorial journey through the alley ways, narrow streets and markets of Stone Town, Zanzibar. As you can tell, I love taking photos of old doors and ...
No prisoners and plenty of tortoises
... and the building was completed. However, a severe cholera outbreak in Egypt alerted the risk of islanders becoming infected - especially as Zanzibar was once part of the major trade routes. So it was decided that the island would house those infected, to ...
Drive, Park, Drive, Lake, Drive, Ocean
... a finger chopped off in a machine. Another pretty long drive followed that, and we stayed at a farm in the highlands of Tanzania, where we had a great traditional dinner as well. Then it was up reeeeeally early the next morning for a very long drive ...
Beaches, birthdays and scuba diving
The last few days have been spent at Nungwi Beach in the north of Zanzibar. Friday was Mark's (one of the ozzies on the trip) birthday, so after a day of lazing around on the beach and planning our diving for the next day we went out in the evening ...
Zanzibar
What was once white cotton, never to be white by handwash. Laundry in the shower. The beach, paradise. Can't stop admiring the beauty my eyes ...
Some well deserved holiday on Zanzibar island
... the touts barrage posted at the ferry terminal waiting to upset and confuse tourists (it did work well on Saoyuth!). Zanzibar is nothing like mainland Tanzania: It used to be an important spice trade center, owned by Oman. The island is a happy mix ...
Island Life
... we would reccomend it! Stone Town comes alives at night where the waterfront area gets filled with food stalls serving fish kebabs, zanzibar pizzas and sugar cane juice (amazing). There is also great entertainment in the form of all the local boys diving ...
The Exotic Zanzibar Archipelago
... a very nice place - families having real resort holidays while I paid $10 for the same experience. boom. Probably forgot a lot. Zanzibar is pretty special, even with the tourists. There are some great indian food places - had really good samosas for ...
Enjoying Paradise Island - Jambiani
... over-priced latte's from a specialty coffee shop for tourists, totally worth it though! Our friend Amanda who worked for YCI in Tanzania and has been volunteering in East Africa for about 2 1/2 years came to join us and we spent the rest of the ...
metsas
Metsapäev. Transpordiks valisime vahelduse mõttes dalla-dalla. Tegemist kastiautoga, kuhu alati mahub istuma lisaks vähemalt üks inimene. 35 km ja tund aega. Metsas nägime kõigepealt pärdikuid, punaseid ja siniseid. Müttasime rohus ja nägime ...
More driving on the bus
Genrally speaking, I am begining to pick up signs of frustration from everyone on the tour. We spend an awfull amount of hours on the bus going from A to B. And unfortunately we are not allowed to get out much and interact with the locals. Personally as ...
The Three Sunrises
... the entire trip; smooth, friendly service, free drinks and snacks and only about an hour in length ("Thanks" Precision Air). Zanzibar is quite spectacular from the air, white sand beaches and beautiful turquoise waters. The only certainty for Zanzibar was ...