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Background: Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led to two contentious elections since 1995, which the ruling party won despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.




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By MaikenAH
October 5th 2009
Last day in Zanzibar Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Nungwi
So Alice and I have been here in Zanzibar on the north-west coast since wednesday and it's absolutely brilliant! It's pure paradise. I love it ! The sea is so blue/green and the sand is so white, it's like flour. The days we've had here have been amazing.. We live in a small hut with 2 double beds and a bathroom with flushing toilet and a shower! The shower is amazing after only using buckets for the past 6 weeks unfortunatly there was only luke warm water the first night so it's been freezing cold showers ever since. We've spent a [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 6th 2009 | 80 Views | [diary=442679]


By John Sweet
October 4th 2009
Langi Langi Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Nungwi
Sunset
Sunset
Dhows from the deck
Langi Langi We arrived at Langi Langi, our waterfront resort in the north west of the island early afternoon where we were to spend the next seven night of our dive holiday. The water was crystal clear and came right under the restaurant deck. Dhows with sunset cruises were intermingled with the fishing boats at anchor in the water at high tide. As the sun slowly sank into the distant horizon the orange light of the sunset painted the scene the exotic pictures that I had imagined before this trip. The water was like glass and the gentle lapping of the [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 16th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=445411]

friends reunited
Off to a dive
diving buddies

Sorry for the lack of updates! This is the first computer I've found with internet access! This has to be brief because I'm boarding my flight to Zanzibar in about 10 minutes! The mountain climb was amazing...can't wait to give you the details! It was definitely the most challenging thing of my life! The Safari was also amazing! We saw so many interesting things...I am so glad to have my sister with me...i was feeling pretty home sick on the mountain! ...the girls from work gave me a little book which really helped me along the way! take care and can't [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 4th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=441939]


By John Sweet
October 3rd 2009
The journey Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Nungwi
Langi Langi
Langi Langi
views around the resort
Zanzibar here we come Having previously joined a number of exotic diving holidays with Pro Dive in Port Elizabeth, South Africa it was with excitement that our trip to Zanzibar loomed. This time I was going with my family, Julie my wife and Emma, my thirteen year old daughter to experience the fun of the spice island off Tanzania. Leaving Port Elizabeth on Friday we were obliged to stay in a friendly B&B overnight in J’berg due to our early morning flight to Zanzibar. 1-Time flight was not the most confident building exercise one would want especially for nervous air passengers. [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 15th 2009 | 30 Views | [diary=445122]

Our destination
the pool

Here is where I try to sell myself through my writing, so that you feel inspired to follow along on my adventures. For my family, and all of you who know I’m not so much a phone person, it’s the best way to keep in touch while I’m away. You can post comments and send me messages and stuff on the site too. How is that different from email? Well, to be honest, I'm not sure how many personal emails I will get to write during my stay in the Tanzanian Children’s Village. They have limited electricity, the only source of [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 1st 2009 | 117 Views | [diary=441123]


9/9 - 18/9 Our 7 hour bus trip from Arusha to the coast was going relatively smoothly (well, as much as is possible in Tanzania …lots of unsurfaced roads, driving on the other side for no apparent reason and hair raising overtaking) until just outside Tanga when the bus gave up the ghost. We waited for a while but lost faith in the guy wielding a rusty looking wrench so decided to jump on a dala dala - a kind of mini-bus that drives even more crazily than the main buses and takes anything that breathes - ie people, chicken, goats… [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 11th 2009 | 104 Views | [diary=441301]

Sundowners at our Peponi's home
The 'Kill" - Our skipper shows us catch of the day - Octopus
view from Flame Tree Restaurant, Zanzibar

By Basselope
September 29th 2009
In Tanzania now Africa » Tanzania » West » Kigoma
My trip began luckily, just before buying a bus ticket I learned of a friend traveling to Mpika (about 3/4 of the way to Mpulungu) on Monday morning. She, kindly, agreed to give me a ride and so for the first time I traveled without waking at some horrible hour of morning, no legs pressed against my legs, no shoulders invading my shoulders' territory, no babies being changed on my lap (actually happened the last time I went to Mpika) and instead rode in a spacious leather seat with air-conditioning comfortably (and free!) to the North. As we drove the season [View Full Entry]

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By MaikenAH
September 27th 2009
Zanzibar and Mt Kilimanjaro! Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha
So Alice and I go to Zanzibar on Wednesday!! and we start climbing Kili in a week and 3 days. Shit. Can't wait. In the next three days I'll be living by the ATMs as we both have to pay for Kili (1000 USD) and get money out to last us in Zanzibar as apparently VISA sucks there and you cant get any money out. Which is really weird since it's a tourist haven. The ATM of course has a daily limit and often they dont work so I'm gonna take as much out as poss today, tmr and tuesday. I [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 27th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=440087]


By MaikenAH
September 27th 2009
Licence to kill!! Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha
Oh and a quick one just to inform everyone of the coolest thing in the world! In Tanzania you can get a licence to kill!!!! If someone steals your money, car or goat/cow whatever, you can go to the police who are really lazy so they will issue you a licence saying if you ever see the person again, you have permission to kill him! That is seriously great (and totally awful I know) but you can actually have chance at being 007.. But people around here are not shy to kill people tho. Alice who lives out in nowhere saw [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 27th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=440094]


Eid Mubarak to all, belatedly, for last weekend :) For us Eid brought with it the benefits of a long weekend and the promise of fun and frolicks in the hills of Morogoro with the hash -Dar Hash House Harriers, for those asking the inevitable question... So we set off a bit late on Saturday morning in Franklin my beloved Rav4, and when we get to Chalinze and stop at teh usual garage we find half of the rest of the hashers all also stopped there and feeding on sambusas, beer and bright orange fanta. The buggers were all late too, [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 27th 2009 | 30 Views | [diary=440121]