Monday 27 August 2018

Stone Town sunset and dhows

Hyatt view at sundown

Young men, walking along the beach at sundown

Fishermen heading south (Bawe Island in background)

Sailing boats (mashua) setting off for night fishing

Saturday 25 August 2018

Zanzibar Ng'ambo new mosque at Mwembetanga

Zanzibar Ng'ambo new mosque at Mwembetanga

Zanzibar Ng'ambo new mosque at Mwembetanga

Zanzibar Ng'ambo new mosque at Mwembetanga close-up

Flag street



Mizingani street food Urojo time

Mizingani street food (some say this guy does the best "urojo" in Stone Town)

Friday 24 August 2018

Malindi fish market close-up

Malindi fish market- tropical fish (and baby octopus)

Malindi fish market juvenile yellow boxfish close-up

Malindi fish market Royal Angelfish close-up

Cooked breakfast Ethiopian style

By special request, my local Ethiopian restaurant here in Zanzibar prepared Ethiopian style Fül for me.
It was delicious and brought back many happy memories from my travels in years past.

Wednesday 22 August 2018

Eid Al Adha Zanzibar 2018

Neighbours meet for prayers and coffee

Barwani family and neighbours

Young men, dressed-up for Eid, pose in front of a carved wooden Zanzibari door

Wednesday 15 August 2018

Zanzibar Town pedestrian crossing sign(s)

I have never seen a road sign like this - with the person on the crossing is using an umbrella.
I gather someone at the road authority says it is meant to represent for frail people

Sunday 12 August 2018

Kizimkazi Dimbani With a

Fishing ngalawa with sail made from nylon tarpaulin

A teenage girl pulls an octopus from her bucket

one "traditional" wooden mashua surrounded by modern, lighter, hard-wearing fibre boats

lone fisherman in ngalawa

Scavenging the shoreline

re-positioning a fibre boat on the incoming tide

Saturday 11 August 2018

Kizimkazi painted signs

Kizimkazi sign "for Human Life Existence"

Kizimkazi sign fundi frij (repairman for fridge, air-conditioning, electrics)

Kizimkazi Moon Light (bar)

Kizimkazi sign - under 18 years not permitted here

Kizimkazi Dimbani's younger mosques

Kizimkazi Dimbani Mzambarauni mosque

Kizimkazi Dimbani "Markaz" mosque

Saturday 4 August 2018

Sunday 29 July 2018

Lazy Sunday

Sailing boats passing sandbank where tourists enjoying beach BBQ

Tourist trip to Prison Island

Close-up of seafood salad at a beach cafe

Forodhani sailing boat blue sea green grass

Stone Town waterfront viewed from the sea



Tuesday 24 July 2018

Sunday 22 July 2018

Stone Town: at the end of the day

Stone Town Kajificheni footballs and shadows

Mzingani beach sundown football


portrait Draughtsman

Stone Town rooftops Jitah-Li-La Mosque

Tembo beach acrobatics

Karibu Zanzibar - illuminated passenger ferry terminal