'Pole Pole' Part 3 - Zanzibar Rhapsody

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November 5th 2013

Published: November 17th 2013

Right, so where did I leave you last leave you? Ah yes, we’d just returned to Snake Camp on the outskirts of Arusha from the plains of the Serengeti in time for some dinner and a much needed shower, that Serengeti dust gets everywhere, my clothes were as orange as my hair. Saying goodbye to our guides from the Serengeti we met up with Henry, our truck driver for dinner and a beer or two, I passe... Read Full Entry

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And another one

just because Zebra camp was my favourite place. Spot the wood burning water heater, they were the hottest showers in Africa!

Amazing sunset at Zebra Camp

The beautiful African sunset, it comes in orange or..

If you prefer pink..

Another one bites the dust

The African roads are tough

Balancing act

Maybe I need to master this technique for my trips to the supermarket

While you were working

This is where I was having breakfast, not too shabby.

Dhow!

The Mercury apartments

you feel like Royalty staying here (get it?).

Hotel Tembo pool

nice place for a marsala tea and then a quick swim.

Heading into Stone Town

The old fort

Used by the Arabs to repel those pesky Portuguese

Other uses for an old fort

In its time it has been a church, prison, place of execution and a railway depot. Let's just pray it never becomes a Starbucks

The House of Wonder

That is its actual name as well (or you can also call it Beit El Ajaib), and a fine example of Victorian colonial architecture if ever I saw one and of course I want to live there.

The door to the wonders!

It was the first building in Zanzibar to have electric lights and a lift, wonderful.

The maze of streets

I have to confess my usually quite good sense of direction was beaten by the alleys of Stone Town

Stone Town Speaker's Corner

This is where the locals come to discuss politics

Elephant deterrents

On the doors of Zanzibar (the guide might have been winding us up)

Nana?

Zanzibar door

I think this is an Indian one. Doors are a big thing in Stone Town.

Another variety of door (not sure which)

The chains at the top of the doors are to remember the slave trade

Let's shop

3rd December 2013

Kuan Yin
Karen Johnson

Stand on Zanzibar
I'm old enough to remember when Zanzibar and Tanganyika were separate countries. I always thought that Zanzibar sounded marvelously exotic, and I wanted to visit. Thanks for your blog - now I want to visit even more! PS> the comment title is the title of a book written by John Brunner in 1968.

4th December 2013

MaryK
Mary Kitchen

Thanks for your kind comment Karen, I might have to check out that book.

11th August 2014

Groovy Mel
non-member comment

Beach Holiday
Thank you for sharing about beach holiday.........its makes easy my journey.......

13th September 2014

Kat Chang
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Zanzibar - sounds brilliant!
I once read a book about Zanzibar and thought it might be the only place in Africa I would consider traveling to. Your blog really does make it sound like an interesting and wild place to visit. Thank you for the write up, I always enjoy reading them! Ps. How comes you have been away for a month? What's happened to work?

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