Zanzibar Escapades: Stone Town

Posted on by alexmayeye

A while back i bumped into Farah Council and Jason Maglaughlin at Westlands; two siblings who were in Nairobi for holiday after a long and hectic schedule for their humanitarian organization based in Khartoum, Sudan. After a lengthy chat and bonding we became friends and they invited me to cover their foundations work in a remote village Kanikelele, in Tanzania.

On our way we took a detour through the amazing Zanzibar, an exotic island on the Indian Ocean. Farah and Jason were still on holiday mode and couldnt part the chance to pass through Zanzibar which is about 50km of mainland  Tanzania.  We landed at Julius Nyerere International Airport and preceded to take the ferry to Zanzibar. Here are some of the pictures i captured of the trip at Stone town.

at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar Es Salaam
at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar Es Salaam
The view of Dar Es Salaam from the Indian Ocean
The view of Dar Es Salaam from the Indian Ocean

 

The view of Stone Town, Zanzibar on arrival by ferry. Photograph: Alex Mayeye
The view of Stone Town, Zanzibar on arrival by ferry. Photograph: Alex Mayeye
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A ship docked at the Zanzibar Port

 

Farah walking down the streets of stone town
Farah and Jason walking down the streets of stone town
Jason asking for directions
Jason having a chilled cola on the streets
Farah walking along the streets
Farah choosing to walk along the streets than using the scooter

 

Farah and Jason walking down the streets of stone town
Farah and Jason walking down the streets of stone town
Farah and Jason walking down the streets of stone town
Farah and Jason walking down the streets of stone town
Jason looking for a cofee house
Jason looking for a coffee house along the shopping street
Jason at the Zanzibar Coffee House cooling down with a cold soda
Jason at the Zanzibar Coffee House cooling down with a cold soda
Time for coffee
Time for a hot cup of spicy coffee the best way to cool down with that much heat. Everything is spicy in Zanzibar
Enjoying the coffee with some salad
Enjoying the coffee with some salad
Enjoying the coffee with some salad
Enjoying the coffee with some salad
the bodyguard
the bodyguard
Jason flexing with the bodyguard
Jason flexing with the bodyguard
a trader demonstrating his products
a trader demonstrating his products
at the antique shop
at the antique shop
at the antique shop
at the antique shop
at the antique shop
at the antique shop
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the only means of transport in the small streets of stone town

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Farah & Jason

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The Fredi Mercury House, a memorial for the most famous Zanzibari to have lived
The Fredie Mercury House, a memorial for the most famous Zanzibari to have lived

 

plenty of sea food at the forodhani open air food market
plenty of sea food at the forodhani open air food market
plenty of sea food at the forodhani open air food market
plenty of sea food at the forodhani open air food market

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