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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Zanzibar, Tanzania
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 2 June 2010
The beaches of Zanzibar, Tanzania Read the accompanying post: The Exotic Isle of Zanzibar See other Velvet moments: Lago Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile Pompeii, Italy Bora Bora, French Polynesia Serengeti, Tanzania Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai Mara, Kenya Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina Valle de la Luna, Chile Positano, Italy Buenos Aires, Argentina Seminyak, Indonesia [...]
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Zanzibar V/ The Zanzibar Serena Inn
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 22 February 2010
When sailing into the Stone Town harbor from Dar es Salaam, the first sight visitors see of the UNESCO World Heritage site is the waterfront. One building along the water, that stands out as a modern yet refreshingly quaint gem resplendent among Stone Town‘s other upscale hotels, is the Zanzibar Serena Inn, a luxurious retreat [...]
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Zanzibar IV/ The slave trade
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 19 February 2010
In no way am I able to do justice to the rich history of Zanzibar in such a short space and with limited resources. Even still, it’s important to realize that Zanzibar’s present-day existence as an island paradise exists in spite of a very dark past. Zanzibar’s key strategic location–just off the coast of East [...]
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Zanzibar III/ Stone Town
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 17 February 2010
When I traveled to Zanzibar in October 2009 in search of adventure, I fell in love with the island unconditionally and absolutely. I have been incredibly blessed to be able to come here once, let alone twice in a 3 month period. My first visit was characterized by penny-pinching: owing to the need to save [...]
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Traveling Off the Beaten Path/ Watching my bank account bleed dry
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 18 December 2009
I have to confess that I really haven’t really traveled off the beaten path before I began this yearlong adventure. When I was living in England I was able to travel a bit through Europe, but I never considered those trips the sort that required any real forethought—planning in advance consisted of finding my passport [...]
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9 Weeks Through Africa/ The trip of a lifetime? Hope so.
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 15 December 2009
On January 17th, 2010, after spending 3 weeks in Uganda, I get picked up in Nairobi, Kenya, for a 6-week overland trip through Southern Africa—from Kenya, we drive down to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and finish the journey in Cape Town, South Africa. Epic! I always fancied the idea of traveling extensively through Africa, [...]
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Zanzibar Part II/ Experiencing village life
Blog: Nilikuta Shani - 20 October 2009
Traveling anywhere on a shoestring offers visitors a very unique experience of local culture that those traveling on a higher budget just don’t experience. Several of these experiences in Zanzibar were truly eye-opening and really rounded out my holiday—after all it would be unnatural to visit any town in Africa (or anywhere else in the [...]
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The exotic isle of Zanzibar
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 25 May 2009
Zanzibar is a jewel in the Indian Ocean just off the coast of the Tanzanian mainland. This archipelago boasts dreamy white sandy beaches, a green tropical interior and spice plantations that centuries ago made these islands a magnet for traders from both East and West. Zanzibar is an archipelago, of which the largest island, Unguja, is [...]
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