Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Zanzibar Dining

Archipelago lunch (Christmas Eve)

View from Cafe Foro

Advanced Publicity - Busara festival

Busara 2015 line-up poster up on walls before Christmas

Busara 2015 road banner - in Kiswahili

Zanzibar - Blue skies

Engineers upgrade internet link at Busara office
Blue sky replected in flooded basketball court

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Peaceful waters, Zanzibar

Sailing home in the early early morning

A glimmer of sunlight in front of stormy skies

Saturday, 29 November 2014

Colours of Stone Town


Gizenga - green yellow blue

Gizenga - red yellow orange
Forodhani - red white blue orange

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Forodhani cats, Zanzibar

Cats on Forodhani beach watching the boatmen in the early morning

Stone Town Hindu Temple

Shree Shiv Shakti Mandir Zanzibar Estd 1958

Diwali doorsteps, Zanzibar

Diwali is the Hindu "festival of lights"
Doorsteps are decorated using powder paint and stencils
freehand decoration in Kiponda district
Schoolboy fingers soon get curious

Sunday, 12 October 2014

Men at work, Zanzibar

boatmen heave and haul a boat ashore (note curved canopy)

Darajani market hall (note curved archway)

Sunday, 5 October 2014

Home baking close-ups, Zanzibar

This week's bread, mixed in the bread machine - baked in a conventional oven

Received some of the goat meat to be shared among my neighbours - so baked it using my recipe for Kleftiko

Eid celebrations, Shangani, Zanzibar

at Stone Town Cafe

close-up of hand decorated with henna (operating a camera phone)

Hitting the streets

Eid boys, Shangani neighbourhood, Zanzibar

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