Zanzidoozle

[aggienaut]

   I apologize for interrupting the continuity of my ongoing travelogue here, but I'm going to jump back in time for a moment to earlier in the trip. Before I was in Tanzania (tha mainland) I was in Zanzibar (an island off the Tanzanian mainland. Actually "Tanzania" is a portmanteau of Tanganyika (the mainland) and Zanzibar, but I digress). And when I was in Zanzibar, I was trying to update livejournal in a more or less "live" fashion and as such had no pictures uploaded. Well two months later, I finally have the pictures uploaded, so if you'll humor me for a moment, allow me to present just a few pictures from Zanzidoozle:

There were a great many traditional dhows all around the coast. I really wanted to go sailing on one but everyone at the hotels who booked things kept just brushing me off with "no they're not safe! they're not safe!" do I look like someone who cares if it's safe?? ;D


Nungwi, the village I was in for about three days, is up at the northern tip of the island. It's got a pretty well developed tourist infrastructure with some swanky resort hotels, but it's also a center of traditional boat building.


And there's a turtle sanctuary.
These aren't just small turtles. These are baby giant sea turtles. (:


And when the tide is out it's like a mile out.


This is the boardwalk in the mangrove swamps by the Jozani forest much further south on the island.

Also there were monkeys.


The islands of Zanzibar are also known as the "Spice Islands" (not to be confused with the other "Spice Islands" in Indonesia) due to their important historical role in the production and export of spices. Here we have visited the a spice farm after a spouting of the spice melange.


Sunset in Nungwi!


Sunset in Zanzibar Town!


Anyway, this is only a small sampling of my pictures from Zanzibar, please see the rest on flickr. (:

Comments

[morningloryblue.livejournal.com]

Take me to Zanzibar. The. Wow. That. Is. All.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

:D

[penelopes-web.livejournal.com]

These are amazing shots...thank you for sharing.
It's been over a month since I've been on a plane...and a couple weeks since I've traveled out of state....these photos are making the travel bug in me start to twitch :))

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Norwegian air has really good rates right now! $648 round trip (that includes all taxes and everything!) to Stockholm or Oslo. I just booked a round trip flight last night to Copenhagen from LAX for $689. (: Get it while its hot!

[solteronita.livejournal.com]

It's so gorgeous! I want to walk on the boardwalk! :D

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Seriously I think I've always dreamed of walking on a boardwalk through mangroves like that (:

[anwyn-elfmaiden.livejournal.com]

Awesome photos, just wow.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[iddewes]

Wow, you really do seem to have an amazing life. I do hope my journal won't bore you in comparison! ;) I haven't been to Africa at all, would like to!

[sistrmoon.livejournal.com]

Right? I was like, Uhm, are you sure you want to read about playgroups and kids and me griping about the cold? Talk about stark contrast:)

[invincible.livejournal.com]

It looks so pretty!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

It was! (:

[clevortrevor]

What a beautiful place. I'll get there one of these days!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I definitely recommend it (:

[falena]

Wow, amazing places, amazing pics. Will see the rest on Flickr asap.

[lyssa027.livejournal.com]

what a gorgeous place, I also love the baby turtle pictures

[nick-101.livejournal.com]

Zanzibar looks lovely.

[sistrmoon.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

And turtles, squeee! Ahem.

The boardwalk through mangroves reminds me of my trip to the Everglades.

[itsjustc.livejournal.com]

You have some really beautiful pictures x

[freshwaterdame.livejournal.com]

Truly breathtaking! I hope to be able to travel like this some day!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

I definitely recommend Zanzibar! It was a nice laid back place, had kind of a Caribbean feel ... or so I'm told by my friend who's actually been to the Caribbean ;D

[alcippe.livejournal.com]

Wow, so beautiful!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks (:

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks for commenting! (:

[kajel.livejournal.com]

Those are wonderful pictures!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (:

[millionbubbles.livejournal.com]

These pictures are amazing! I love the baby turtles.

How long were you in Africa for?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

40 days (:

[technophobe1975.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, just amazing, love the baby turtles!
Did you get to take a dhow trip in the end?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Nope no dhow. Maybe next time /:

[twicet.livejournal.com]

Your photographs are beautiful! I am guessing the one with the tree and a violet covered ground is due to the spices?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't think that was actually a spice tree. The tree did, however, have flowers with neon pink petals that fell off and made the ground pink. I think it was called the "Zanzibari apple tree" or something, even though it has nothing to do with normal apples.

[wig.livejournal.com]

Wow my last partner talked about going to Zanzibar and now I see why!

And omg turtles *so cute*

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Yeah its funny I really had no idea it was so awesome, I just chose to go there because I'd always heard of Zanzibar just as a far away exotic place!

[nightspore.livejournal.com]

Utterly gorgeous.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Yeah it was pretty fantastic (:

[heartonsnow.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! I am interested in Zanzibar as someone very famous was born there (do you know who?)

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Freddie Mercury?? (:

I saw a house that had a plaque about him in Stone Town, I don't recall if he was born there or lived there or what, but it had something to do with him! (:

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

That looks fantastic!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Yeah it WAS pretty fantastic (:

[missfuzzybunny.livejournal.com]

Wow, stunning. Thank you as always for sharing these.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your comment (:

[(Anonymous)]

Your stuff is terrific! Don't stop posting.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Thank you anonymous stranger! (: