Month: February 2017

Stonetown – spices, cycling, sunsets & smiles!

On By WeezeXChristinaIn Africa, East AfricaLeave a comment

After a sunny breakfast of bread, fruit and coffee at the hotel's rooftop restaurant I met my guide, Suleman, from Bike Zanzibar. We headed off on our bikes through Stone Town’s narrow alleyways to catch a Dula (local bus). We chucked our bikes on top and about 30 minutes later were dropped off 1.5k away …

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Slinking around StoneTown, ZANZIBAR!

On By WeezeXChristinaIn Africa, East Africa, Memorial & Politics4 Comments

Zanzibar. Just the name itself sounds like a fantastically lush, exotic, fantasy island. Too exotic for a mere London office worker like me to visit. Too remote. Too expensive. Still, when I decided to go on a diving holiday back in October 2016, I thought there was no harm in looking at the flights. I was pretty shocked …

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