Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tanzania : Stone Town battles; Zanzibar paradise

Alright! We entered Tanzania to discover Irish had to pay $100 for a visa. Doubin the price of other nations. I tried to discover why and later in the week I saw Kerry Gold - perhaps Cheese and Butter in the supermarkets , perhaps this caused it. This place was to be a highlight. We...

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Paddy&Kavitha on December 9, 2008 from Zanzibar, Tanzania

from the travel blog: Africa United...

I'm Home!! At Home Base in Karanga that is...

Hiya Everyone! So I am up early and since it's quiet in the house I got dibbs on the internet! This weekend was a blur, I can't believe it's over and I can't believe I leave Tanzania in a week minus 9 hours! On Friday, me and two other volunteers flew to Zanzibar for a weekend getaway! ...

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Laura Collins on November 10, 2008 from Zanzibar, Tanzania

from the travel blog: My Adventure in Tanzania

xmas, sea lice & pythons

Well Christmas in Africa has come and gone for us…our Christmas eve beach party involved some crazy African dancing, an aerobics show (?!) and a massive python being thrown around the crowd…alive!! Gret was freaking out!! …health and safety???!! Though the performance has convinced jem to learn...

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jem_gret on January 1, 2007 from Zanzibar, Tanzania

from the travel blog: East Africa and beyond....

Zanzibar paradise

Well, thank you everyone for your comments!! Keep them coming, they keep us smiling…we have added some more photos to our last post, so have a look below! Internet here has been very hard to come by, so sorry for the lack of communication!! Okay, so to pick up where we left off… The...

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jem_gret on December 24, 2006 from Zanzibar, Tanzania

from the travel blog: East Africa and beyond....

Game parks down

Jambo everyone, we are two weeks into our trip and so much to talk about... We arrived into Narobi easily, but literally had our gobs wide open the whole taxi ride in, as that place is so so crazy. There are people walking all through the traffic, and no road rules at all...lets just say we...

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jem_gret on December 19, 2006 from Zanzibar, Tanzania

from the travel blog: East Africa and beyond....

Z'bar

Now we're getting somewhere. For two weeks, I was convinced that both Kenya and Tanzania were lost causes. Anywhere you want to go is overrun by the tourist industry, and any westerner is just a big sack of cash for the locals to harass. Zanzibar town is a definite step forward. There's...

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Jason Kester on May 10, 2003 from Zanzibar, Tanzania

from the travel blog: Africa, 2003