Friday, 22 April 2016

Malindi fishing harbour, Zanzibar

Old Dhow Harbour catch of the day

portrait Pacha (the Twin) fishmonger

Thursday, 7 April 2016

Snorkelling off Bawe

snorkelling trip to Bawe (photo by Subira)

close-up of some colourful coral

portrait Elise on
snorkelling trip to Bawe

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Rainy Season

Where I Live - April showers 2016

Hurumzini Movie Cafe - brunchtime screening Godfather

becalmed sea after a night of heavy rain

White horses after a night of heavy rain

Thursday, 24 March 2016

Kizimkazi (again)

Kizimkazi beach (after kazikazi fishermen have left)

Karamba crab

Kizimkazi dolphin trip

Kizimkazi dolphin trip

Children scouring the Kizimkazi shoreline

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Uzi portraits

portrait local man on Uzi Island

portrait local boys on Uzi Island

portrait local girl on Uzi Island

portrait local girls on Uzi Island

Uzi Old Mosque

Thought to be one of the oldest mosques on Zanzibar



Uzi coconut experience

portrait local girl preparing coconut on Uzi Island

portrait local man climbing coconut tree on Uzi Island

portrait Mohammed and child sharing coconut on Uzi Island

Uzi Island culture tour preparing coconut

Uzi dugout canoes

Uzi Island fishermen with fishtraps in dugout canoes

Uzi women seaweed farmers in dugout canoe

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Ngalawa ride

Ngalawa sail made from rice sacks

portrait boatman Haji on Jambiani sailing trip

portrait Captain Zapy on Jambiani sailing trip

Saturday, 19 March 2016

East Coast

The Rock Restaurant at Pingwe

Boy walking past tassi fish hanging to dry outside seaweed weighing station at Jambiani

boys fishing below hotel jetty at Jambiani

local girls walking along beach at Jambiani

Sunday, 7 February 2016

Kizimkazi portraits

The day before, Munira said "if I'd known you were coming I would have baked a cake"... of course I returned the next day and there it was waiting. I asked if she had made it with love? she said "no, cardamom"

and here's Maryam, assistant cake maker and Munira's best friend from school

portrait Kizimkazi girl

passers-by: "here, take our photo" - with hats like that, who could refuse?

Friday, 5 February 2016

Kizimkazi beach + boys

Kizimkazi Dimbani beach - nowadays local fishermen prefer fibre boats (imported from Dubai)

Seasonal fishermen (from north Zanzibar) using a traditional dugout "dao" (rhymes with "cow")
and attracting the interest of local children