Atrium at the Seyyida

Seyyida and Forodhani in Stone Town

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October 27th 2013
I just arrived back in Nairobi after three nights in Zanzibar! What a fascinating place, it's like it's been frozen in time for hundreds of years with instances of modernity plastered on as an afterthought in random places. The tiny set of islands is part of the country of Tanzania off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. As i flew in on the afternoon flight I could clearly see th ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar

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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