Harvesting Seaweed

In the strictly conservative moslem villages of Zanzibar, veiled women cross the beach and wade out into the shallow lagoon at low tide to harvest the strings of seaweed anchored to the soft sandy bed.

Christmas In Paradise

December 23rd 2006
Four Days To Paradise The bus journey from Mbeya to Dar was long and tiring but gave us a unique view of Tanzania all the way from the Southern Highlands right down to the coastal plains. Leaving Mbeya in thick mountain fog at 7am (the first time since arriving in Africa that "7am" has really meant 7am - the irate Scandanavian Line bus driver blasting his horn at us as we casually sat eating chapa ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Matemwe

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

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