The Seyyida Hotel & Spa in Stone Town (Zanzibar City). Now easy to find in guides but 5 min. walk from the Harbour, verty nice management, food and location. The picture speaks for itself regarding the room. |
Overlooking the sea... and an old cemetery. |
Inside the old castle colorful little shops. |
Traditional boat to be found everywhere in Zanzibar. |
People and food are part of Stone town that is preserved by the UNESCO. |
Lot of people relaxing and playing in the beach next to the hotel. |
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Frangipane flowers (check plumeria). |
In the next hotel we'll have only sunrise. So this is one of the rare sunset we saw in Zanzibar. |
Don't miss a "spice tour" when visiting. Zanzibar is the spice island. The young gentlement explained us everything in 2-3 hours. |
Ladys use this plant for coloring among others their lips. |
Nutmeg, funny to see the red when they're fresh. Ladies use this as... ok in short it's useful to get beautiful children from their men. Don't try at home, inadequate usage may be fatal. |
Cloves, Zanzibar is the larget clove provider on earth. |
Inside Stonetown, in a maze of small Streets, all alike. |
Austin A30! (thanks to Malcolm) |
In the last slave market, one of the two rooms where they stacked slaves before sending them by boat to remote countries. More than 50 persone could be "stored" there. |
Doors, when building a house they always start with the door, because it indicates the wealth of the owner. The metal picks should avoid the elephants breaking the doors. |
The Bluebay Beach Resort. The quietest and nicest hotel on the Kiwenga beach. Not the most luxurious, but by far the nicest. Go there it's just a treat. The garden and hotel have just been fully refurbished. |
One of the bugalows. |
Our room, with a 2.4m wide bed! |
Low tide, lots of fishermen's boats wait here undtil water comes again. |
One of the many shops on the beach around the hotel. Only great brands! |
We bought some sandals done while we waited here. This young man would like to consider the lady as his fiancee. |
Maybe the younger sister of the previous one. |
What is this bird? They kept on building nests. |
On the road to the next village. Any hut, caban or house doubles as a shop. |
Not sure where you buy ticket for this bus. |
Barber shop if you need. |
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Fishing net. |
At all ages they all play football, even on the beach. |
Girls play all kinds of other games, including harassing tourists for pen, water, food, money or else. |
When they don't fish they sell trips outside the lagoon for snorkeling. |
No idea what game they played after collecting plastic cup tops. |
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Zanzibat girl who shared some moments with us. |
And masais waiting fot tourists, mostly for women. Some of them are not even masais. |
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Sharing the treasure of pen collected with the tourists. Actually the girl on the left kept almost all of them. So the other went into a severe rage. |
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The reef was at 1.4 km from the beach. At low tide it's possibe to go there walking. A little further North the distance is even less. And large pieces of sand form extensions of the beach. |
Far away the Mnemba Island, also know as Bill Gates Island. At this moment only 10 bugalows for USD 1,550 per night (all inclusive). This is also the best spot for snorkling and diving in Zanzibar. |
The best suites of the former Kempiski hotel, now Melia, the most luxurious on this beach. |
The Aloe Vera plant, one of Zanzibar's speciality. |
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We saw many youngster fishing like this on low tide puddles. |
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As I said football at all ages, everywhere and always. 2/3 of the TV channels only show football here. |
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Our beach viewed from the hotel. |
The small pool above where the "garden view" bugalows are. |
Sunrise, as sunset is on the other side of the island. |
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Please help me identiying this flower. Should be easy, but not for me. In Picasa you can see some sample of flamboyant flower. I believe this one is not. |
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A typical sample of Zanzibar art. |
One of the small Stonetown street. |
The Mercury restaurant next to the reffry pier as Freddie Mercury spent his youth in Stonetown. Next to it is the old tree. |