Enjoying the first of many...

Jambo! Jambo! Jambo!

---

October 28th 2008
I’m sat on a rickety wooden lounger on the beach held together by twine and rope. The heat of the day has finally relented and an enormous glowing ball of fire is making its way across the sky soon to meet the flat horizon of the warm Indian Ocean. My toes play in the powder white sand and as the wind rustles the palms and the local ladies return from their day of fishing seaweed, hauling huge b ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar

---

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