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Zanzibar is beautiful! (Kikoy, anyone?)

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March 29th 2008
We left my parents in Entebbe to fly out the next day (which they did, and, after several days of sleeping, are now fully recovered!), and flew via Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, then on to Zanzibar town. The most exciting part of the journey was when we went to the Java House in Nairobi airport and got delicious iced lattes! You see, there aren't Starbucks on every corner here, so we have been espress ... 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