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

Men at work, Zanzibar

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

Darajani market hall (note curved archway)

Kuni (firewood) Express, Zanzibar

passing ox cart carrying firewood at Muungoni

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

Nassor

Seif

Eid ul Adha - sacrifice, Zanzibar

These among 15 goats given to my neighbourhood

Death comes clean and quick - probably more distressing for the onlooking livestock

Pweza in the pot, Zanzibar

Pweza in the pot, at home

Tanzania's new 500 shillings coin