Zanzibar

Overland tour - Sea irchins hurt ...allot...and our tour ends

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August 23rd 2010
Again, we had two more early mornings driving with "African massage" to Dar es Salaam - Tanzania. At Dar we spent the night then took a ferry over to the island of Zanzibar. The ferry arrived at Stone Town, the capital of Zanzibar. Zanzibar was once a separate state with a long trading history with the Arab world and thus has a large Islamic population. It also has a large indican influence as t ... read more

Africa » Tanzania

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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