Tembo Hotel Stone Town

I am still on a bed - one of two - at reception of the Kinazi Upepo Beach Hotel in Paje patiently waiting for the van to Stone Town. Juliet was up early.  I got up after her, but it was still before 7 am.  We went for a swim/dip and then to ...

The crew heads off on their ferry and flights at 4 AM and we tag a ride with them into town and check into the Tembo House. After our rather minimal, backpacker, beach bum accomodations, we greatly enjoy this change for a night. The hotel used to be the ...

... ones.  Tall white walls, ornately carved dark wood doors and brass accents are everywhere.  The other distinctive quality of Stone Town is that the streets are as wide as alleys, stone and very twisty turny.  You can take a left turn and ...

... were not the only things now bobbing in the surf... so were my shoes!!! The evening was spent at Tembo hotel. It is a beautiful hotel in the centre of town, with the rooms built around a courtyard with the pool in the centre. For Christmas the pool was ...

... cocooned in the diffused light that filtered through the mosquito netting of a high-framed wooden bed in the Tembo Hotel.  Barely 6AM, there were already the dull sounds of activity coming up from the pool deck below as ...

... and their culture and religion.  But, not everybody plays by the rules.   Our group was booked at a hotel in Stone Town, but after camping for 3 weeks already we were ready for a little luxury.  Call us SPOILED AMERICANS but I ...

... The many angels from the American lady from Georgia whospoke Swahili with a thick southern accent to the young man who led me out of Stone Town's maze of streets and refused money. The guy in Mikume who helped me buy a cell phone and get on the right ...

... While we were staying at the Shooting Star Lodge in Kiwengwa we did the sunrise excursion with aquasunsail. The cruise started in Stone Town at 7.00am. which was perfect to catch the sunrise. The sun was just emerging when we go to town. It ...

... different directions. There does not seem to be any order to anything but it is so cool. So we arrive in town and go to find a hotel. Instead of the cheap ones that were recommended we splurged on a really nice, Indian owned hotel. This was honestly ...