Beyt al Chai Stone Town
Kelele Square, The Stone Town Inn, PO Box 4236 Stone Town, Zanzibar, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania
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Paradise, Day 3
... up i simply say I'm waiting for my guide. He just turns and walks away. I'll have to remember that for future run-ins, especially when I don't have a guide. At this point, the women in the coffee house tell me to come back in to wait. Am very grateful. Omar shows and I chase after him again, taking snaps as quickly as possible. I tell him I need sunscreen, so he shows me to a grocery store. They don't have any, but do find some after sun lotion. ...
Let's get this party started...
... surrounded by a sea of cling film look like something from outer space.
The smaller alleyways afforded welcome shade as we made our way towards the cathedral. They also were a hive of tiny shops and workshops, covering all bases. Barbers, pharmacies, sewing shops, unidentifiables .. also with some shops laid out or heaped on the pavement.. the electrical shop was a heap of random sunbleached boxes .. an assortment of necessaries from irons to a portable DVD player ...
Onwards to Zanzibar!
... which pulled up at the plane to collect our luggage. It all seemed highly unlikely, as we could make out bags being thrown out of the hold and then in again.. Surprisingly, the very jolly but totally non-automated baggage retrieval system worked perfectly and they were duly delivered off the truck and through the hole in the wall. I am not sure who was more surprised that they had actually got it right, but smiles all round ...
Insights into the Island of Zanzibar
... Some of the older women cook outside their houses.
Boys
Well..I could write a novel on this topic. Here it is in a nutshell:
Children - just want to play sports and have fun all day, every day - plenty of energy
Youth - just want to play sports for a short period of time and chase girls
Men - there are two types as I am finding: 1) make money as job opportunities are scarce & hang out with their men counterparts ...
Hoops & Capoeira
... countries for that matter? The obvious answer is "money" and good ol' government corruption. You would think with all the money the Tanzanian government receives from tourist entering the country through $50US - $500US visas, they would have more than enough to support their youth in positive programming. And yet this great divide between Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania where opposing views of the ministers leaves a helpless group of ...


