loading up all the water

Two Weeks on Chole

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November 11th 2007
Phew...leave for two weeks and your email inbox is a disaster! 240 messages (serves me right for being so popular...:P) anyway, I am back in Stone Town for the next 5 days to recoup, get things in order for ISP, catch up on communication, and prepare myself for three weeks of camping on an Indian Ocean island doing research. Phew! So, in case you started reading this and really do not have tim ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » East » Mafia Island

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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