Streets of old Stonetown

Homeward Bound

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July 11th 2013
As I write this blog we are sitting at the Zanzibar international airport ready to head to Nairobi for one night before we board the homeward bound plane tomorrow afternoon so I guess this will be one of the last blogs for this trip. You can all sigh a collective sigh of relief! I wil catch you all up with what's been happening since the last time. After we finished a night at the snak ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Zanzibar City

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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