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Stone Town

This is Stone Town as we returned from Prison Island. Little fun fact for ya: Prison Island was originally intended as a holding island for slaves during the slave trade but quickly, as the need demanded, tranformed into a quarrentine island for sick sailors both leaving and coming into Zanzibar.


From: Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Kendwa

Tanzanian  Flag 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 p... [read more]
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Date: November 30th 2008

My Friends and Family, Jambo! It's been too long! I'm sure by now you're nearly all convinced that I've been spending the past 3 months in the heart of East Africa serving, volunteering, and selflessly offering my love to anyone who will take it. Friends, I hate to tell ya this, but you've been sucked in to some sweet deception! In reality only 3 days ago I was lying on the powdery white beache ... read more




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Where before I thought I'd be spending four months in Kenya looking for a God of healing and redemption among the HIV infected, I'm now learning what its like to love and be loved by Kenyans of all shapes and sizes. It has been a beautiful process. ... full info
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