Right next door to the hotel where we stayed in Stone Town - Emerson on Hurumzi - is a small museum dedicated to the Princess Salme.
Monday, 25 July 2016
Princess Salme of Zanzibar - A 19th Century Feminist?
Right next door to the hotel where we stayed in Stone Town - Emerson on Hurumzi - is a small museum dedicated to the Princess Salme.
Saturday, 9 July 2016
Arabian nights in Stone Town
Stone Town on the whole was a little bit of a disappointment. Lonely Planet describes it as 'a magical jumble of cobbled alleyways ... (which) make it easy to spend days wandering round and getting lost'.
In reality, it felt more than a little tired, with the once fine buildings in desperate need of some TLC and the 'jumble of cobbled alleyways' filled with small shops selling the same tourist fare for over-inflated prices.
In reality, it felt more than a little tired, with the once fine buildings in desperate need of some TLC and the 'jumble of cobbled alleyways' filled with small shops selling the same tourist fare for over-inflated prices.
Sunday, 3 July 2016
Doors of Zanzibar
'Do you know what my problem is?' I asked James as we walked through the streets of Stone Town, Zanzibar.
'You have an unhealthy obsession with doors', he retorted.