Foradhani gardens during the day

December 17th 1998
In the last "Stonetown" entry I almost didn't mention anything about the town itself. Stone town is regarded as Zanzibar's capital. The town was named after the coral stone buildings, largely built during the 19th century. The town is known for it's narrow alleyways, large carved wooden doors and covered balconies. The doors are part of the Swahili culture and were largely influenced by Arab and e ... read more

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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 po... ... read more

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Travelling around... usually, daydreaming about it, but still :) My recent trips overseas: - Tanzania (1998), - Brazil, Argentina (1999, 2000,2001), - Egypt (2001), - Ecuador and Peru (2001), - Cuba (2004), Uganda and Kenya (2005), - India (2005-2006) , - Laos-Cambodia-Thailand (2006) - India - Ladakh (2007) - Chile, Bolivia (2008) - Brazil (2009) + numerous trips around Europe :-) My photo website... blog.hribcek.si My main blog page photomh.blogspot.com [url=http://arhiv.hribcek.si/photo... full info

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