Garden Lodge Hotel Zanzibar

... , the seasickness bag on standby. My bag came off last and then met Salum, a Gap rep, for the short drive to the Garden Lodge Hotel, sharing for the balance of the trip with Paul. Went for a walk with the girls, exchanging money and lunching at the ...

... earlier. I wasn't surprised; every mzungu we had met on our travels around Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda was going to Zanzibar for Christmas. Garden Lodge cost 10 dollars each per night & some of the rooms downstairs are still being refurbished - but for ...

... more, but without a lot of time and the inability to drive here, we are certain that Tanzania will be like this the entire time (except safari). We spent the night in the Garden Lodge, which was fine except it was SO HOT and SO HUMID and there was no ...

... every one sound like Jonathon Ross when they pronounce the name! We stayed at Amaan Annexe, and organised a mini bus transfer through Garden lodge - 10 dollars a night - but a bit unreliable as they kicked us out a day early in favour of a group of 22 ...

... kingfish was not as good as before.  We then wandered around, shopping, but the zest was gone for me.  We got back to the Garden Lodge, got our bags and packed up.  The taxi came on time around 4 pm and we were off to the airport.  The ...

... is very nice I would like to add!) Sian and I had a dance lesson from some of the locals one night in Livingstones. Zanzibar has an awesome night food market where you can buy about 20 different types of fish on a stick as well as yummy crepes (or ...

... “The oldest couple on the tour and we break the bed” – Janine Back to Stone town for the last night on Zanzibar before the ferry ride to the Mainland.  We stopped at the Africa House for a Shisha pipe and then the fish market for ...

... She stayed with us the rest of the day and evening and it turned out that she was in the room next to ours at the Garden Lodge.  She just finished up a shorter GAP tour and was on her own until tomorrow when she flies home. We enjoyed our ...

After finding a hotel in Stone town (with thanks to our taxi driver), we spent 5 nights here in 'Garden Lodge'- where rooms contained a much needed fan and mosquito net. Each day we had breakfast on the roof terrace and spent the day relaxing at cafes and ...

... I appear to be on the mend. I even cut the stitches out of my leg which seems to be improving also. The hotel is called the Korean Garden Lodge and it's a pretty good place. Every time I go to the restaurant I'm transported back to my childhood days in ...

... gaat vanaf de Victoria falls de andere kant op naar Jo' burg. Sommigen stoppen in Livingstone en de eersten stoppen al op Zanzibar (maar die zijn ook al in Uganda/Nairobi begonnen). We zijn met een aantal wezen lunchen in Stone Town en hebben daarna het ...

... next day at breakfast we met an English couple, Chris & Charlie who were hiring a jeep and going to stay in the north of Zanzibar at Keys Bungalows. We decided we might do the same thing a day later. We then explored Stone Town going to the old sultan ...

... a ginger beer, the game of the moment being who one would shag, marry and throw over the cliff. Saw the Yanks outside our hotel, Fiona telling Mary we were going for swish food, prompting Mary to ask what kind of food was swish food; good grief! Readied ...

... in hotels is always an interesting experience. Long gone are the loo's with the toilet paper and bidets. At my budget hotel there is only a short garden hose next to the toilet with enough pressure to "tear you a new one" and no toilet paper. My first ...

... , coffee, masala, pepper, star fruit, pawpaw, cinnamon, cocoa… the list goes on… is grown here. It's honestly a little garden of Eden, when it comes to fruit, veg and spices. We really enjoy the day and head into Stone Town afterwords to go ...

... Atlantic Point Backpackers (Cape Town, South Africa) AMAZING 2) Jolly Boys (Livingstone, Zambia) absolute backpackers paradise 3) Garden Lodge Hotel (Stone Town, Zanzibar) 4) Zenji Hotel (Stone Town, Zanzibar) absolutely lush but very expensive $85 for a ...

... after two years of travel.  His Cape Town overlander was getting serviced in Dar and he had brought his belongings to Zanzibar in a bucket!  I didn't know at the time that I would meet up with him serendipitously, on three more occasions, and ...

... stuffed full of friendly locals for only 30 cents. The bus dropped me off a short walk from the guesthouse I had selected (The Garden Lodge on Kaunda Road). When I checked in, I was reminded of the fact that Zanzibar has no electricity at the moment so ...

... early the next morning for some breakfast before Vincent and I hit the road for our trip to Kigali and my flight to Zanzibar. The drive took about 2 ½ hours and we passed by hundreds of people walking to market Friday with pigs and goats and lumber and ...