Rusting and Crumbling

Stone Town Crumble

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December 29th 2006
Stone Town Crumble We had planned to head back to the Tanzanian mainland and travel north of Dar to spend New Year closer to the Kenyan border. As we ticked off all of the fully booked places we called, we realized that we would just have to stay on Zanzibar - damn ! It's horrible here ! Paje and Bwejuu sounded good ("more of a party scene but equally good for wandering along the perf ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar » Zanzibar City

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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