Zanzibar - paradise in the Indian Ocean

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So after you have maybe sifted through all the safari pictures, you might understand that after all that dust and dryness in the Serengeti, and after the efforts of climing Kili, a little R & R was in order, and so Zanzibar it was... an amazing island- so different from the rest of Tanzania, so beautiful, and so here are a few pictures of the life in the Old Stone Town. I truly felt i was transplanted into the land of sultans and trading!

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Photos

Anglican Cathedral and slave trade memorial
this cathedral was built right on top of the old slave trading 'market"

fish anyone?
the market- an experience and an assault on the senses!

one of the beautiful doors
the heart of stone town- old buildings - a maze of narrow roads, and hand carved old doors!

the sultan's old palace
today it houses the museum of history of Zanzibar

dinner at Forodhani street market
a culinary experience!!! zanzibar pizza, fish kebabs- chapatis and samosas - yammi!!!