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Travel Blogs from Stone Town
Day 10
... good, then some of us went to a bar for drinks. It was a great night. Daniel (crazy Swedish guy) and Andre (crazy Norwegian guy) were the entertainment for the night. They were requesting songs and singing together loudly, in a quiet bar with only a few people in it. Michael and the two boys have become really good friends, so at midnight when everyone was heading home, they decided to go to a club together since it was the last ...
Hakuna Matata
... the locals come to have dinner at the food stalls. We started talking to a young guy called Abdi, about the tenth person that was offering us excursions, and he said that we really had to try the food there. So we decided to come back here later tonight. We had drinks at the Mercury bar first (yes, named after THE Freddy Mercury who was born on the island). Véronique is a fascinating woman, born in Brussels, but she has lived in Australia and New York for ...
The jungle and our first hitchhikers - yuch!
... who don't already know won't know what came next, while I did the dhobi, Cathy did her nails. During her pedicure, she noticed a white bump on a toe. 'Daktari Iain' swooped into action with the first aid kit and suggested it was a verruca (he has some personal experience). Emboldened at the provisional diagnosis, Cathy gave it a poke and recoiled as far as one can from one's own feet when a load of mush popped-out. Eggs! ......Hundreds of little eggs, with a red ...
How to put the recent past behind us
... pouring mineral water over my head to cool off. We arrived at our beach camp in Dar at night, and if it weren't for the sound of the ocean crashing, one could not be blamed for doubting we were on the shores of the Indian ocean. Although disappointing that we could not see it, in reality we couldn't have gone far: inside each toilet stall a huge sign that read "inside camp = safe. Outside camp = NOT safe." We were, of course, used to the armed guards at the camp gates but the ...
Stone Town
... cells where slaves were kept prior to market. The site of the market is now the Anglican church, which was built by former slaves. There is also a memorial. You realise that the east Africa slave trade, which extended as far south as Zimbabwe and up to Ehiopia, was very much an African/ Arabian buisness - the tribal chiefs sold their own people to the traders.
Moving on, we visit an old Hamman, set up as a public bath in the 19th century and now a museum. It was ...
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Other places to stay in Stone Town
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Zanzibar Serena Inn
Kelele Square , Stone Town | 5 star hotelfrom $88 -
Changuu Private Island Paradise
Prison Island, Stone Town | Hotelfrom $220 -
Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Kiponda Street, Stone Town | Hotelfrom $234- Small, personal hotel
- Perfection!
- Home Sweet Home!
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Tembo House Hotel
Shangani Street, Stone Town | 3 star hotel -
Dhow Palace Hotel
Kenyatta Rd, Stone Town | Hotel -
236 Hurumzi
236 Hurumzi St, Stone Town | 2 star hotelfrom $159- Total lack of professionalism
- Very average indeed!
- Disappointing and overrated
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The Africa House Hotel
Shangani Street, Stone Town | 3 star hotel -
Warere Town House
Behind Cine Afrique, Stone Town | Hotelfrom $35 -
Zanzibar Coffee House
Stone Town | Hotel -
Mtoni Marine
Mtoni Street 992, Stone Town | 3 star hotelfrom $50 -
Princess Salme Inn
Mizingani Road, Malindi, Stone Town | Hotelfrom $17 -
Mbweni Ruins Hotel
6 km south of Stone Town, Stone Town | 4 star hotelfrom $196 -
Chavda Hotel Ltd
Baghani Street, Stone Town | 3 star hotelfrom $124 -
Al Johari
116 Shangani, Stone Town | 3 star hotelfrom $158 -
Garden Lodge
Kaunda Road, Stone Town | Hotel -
Asmini Palace Hotel
Kiponda Street, Box 3292 , Stone Town | Hotel -
Baghani House Hotel
P.O. Box 609, Stone Town | Hotel -
Hotel International
PO Box 3784, Stone Town | Hotel -
Coco De Mer Hotel
Gizenga Street, Stone Town | Hotel -
Jafferji House & Spa
170 Gizenga Street, Stone Town | Hotelfrom $185 -
Mashariki Palace Hotel
Nyumba Ya Moto Street, Stone Town | Hotelfrom $218 -
The Seyyida Hotel & Spa
Old Stonetown, Stone Town | 2 star hotelfrom $146 -
Zanzibar Grand Palace Hotel
Malindi , Stone Town | 4 star hotel
