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

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

Sunday, 28 September 2014

Saturday, 27 September 2014

Sailing past, Zanzibar

Youngsters after early morning exercise

lone fisherman in sailing dao (dugout canoe)

traditional jahazi with garish yellow plastic wind-break

traditional jahazi riding high out of the water

Stone Town close-ups

blue sky beyond see-through sign
bird-house @ Tembo hotel

boundary wall of an old Stone Town mosque

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Friday, 19 September 2014

Stone Town rooftop views, Zanzibar

Ithna'asheri Mosque Kajificheni

Stone Town Hindu Temple (from Emerson on Hurumzi tea house)