The braided bunch

A different side of life

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January 6th 2007
A short flight from London landed me in Zurich airport where I was due to get a connecting flight to Nairobi. Now with true Swiss efficiency I was unable to board the plane when I arrived at the gate because they had found "something" on the x-ray they took of my bag. Now I was baffled. I'd flown through airports in Australia, America and England but it was only now I was having any trouble. It tu ... 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