Friday 26 May 2017

Zanzibar from the air

Zanzibar Town ariel view

Zanzibar Mtoni development ariel view

Zanzibar green fields in rainy season ariel view

Pemba ariel view

Pemba close-ups

Pemba mosque door at village of Kimbini (on the day we expect to see the crescent moon of Ramadhan)
Pemba Wesha harbour fishermen's lamps
Pemba Wesha harbour crescent moon emblem on sailing boat close-up

Pemba by Shamiani

Pemba Shamiani Island

Pemba girl collecting shells at Kimbini (we stole her bucket to rinse our feet)

Pemba on the road

Wednesday 24 May 2017

Pemba Chake Chake Tibirinzi fun fair



Pemba views

Pemba Mkoani beach

Pemba Likoni (crossing to Kojani island)

Pemba Wesha harbour jetty

Pemba Wesha Misali "sunset" view

Pemba Chake Chake clove distillery at Wawi




Pemba flying-fox (bats)

Kidike roost site flying-fox bat

Kidike roost site flying-fox bat

boys at Kangagani helped us find the roost site through flooded fields

Pemba Tumbe fish market

Pemba Tumbe fishing boats

Tumbe fish market an auction for Tassi

Tumbe fish market close-up of Vibua

The auctioneer pays the seller whilst keeping his commission

portrait fisherman with conga eel at Pemba Tumbe fish market

Tuesday 23 May 2017

Pemba Kigomasha lighthouse

Pemba Kigomasha lighthouse 1904 skeletal cast iron tower 2002 concrete encasement

portrait Yusuf Pemba lighthouse keeper at Kigomasha

Pemba Kigomasha flooded road in rainy season

Saturday 20 May 2017

Stone Town inside out

close-up cat through window gauze

Stone Town near Arya Samaj Temple

Shangani Post Office mail boxes - looking out

Saturday 13 May 2017

Stone Town blue skies between the rains

Stone Town Serena beach

Stone Town Serena beach

Two Masaai on Africa House beach

Stone Town Old Fort (Ngome Kongwe)