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Old Jul 31, 2019, 12:15 pm
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swingaling
 
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Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

After checking in to my room, I decided to take a short walk around Stone Town.

Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Beach near Hotel


Beach near Hotel


Stone Town


Stone Town


Fort


Food Stands at Dinner


Sunset View from Room



After an hour or two, I returned to the hotel for some dinner and went to bed early. Dinner was ok, with dessert the best course by far.

Lentil Soup


Chicken


Dessert



The next morning, I got up early and had breakfast at the buffet. PH runs a pretty good buffet here. The stand out items are really the fruit. The passionfruit were particularly good. Definitely among the best I've had. Superior to the Rwanda passionfruits, which were a bit less sweet and more astringent.


Breakfast


It was still quite early, but I went for a walk around the town. The fort wasn't open yet, but I walked to the fort then onward to the ferry terminal. From there, I went right and headed to the main market on the edge of Stone Town. Then eventually headed back toward the waterfront area and visited the fort.


Fort


Fort


Fort


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Stone Town


Navy Ship protecting against pirates?


Fort


Vendors Inside Fort


Fort


Same Cat from Before


Fort


Fort


This Doesn't Look Safe...


Fort


Stone Town


Yeah, Definitely NOT Safe


Stone Town


After seeing the fort interior, I headed back to the hotel to relax by the hotel and go swimming in the ocean.

Hotel Pool


View from Pool


After showering off the salt, I packed up and had lunch at the hotel restaurant.


Hotel Patio


Ginger Lemonade


I ordered the Urojo Soup and it was fantastic. By far the best meal I'd had to that point and one of the best meals of the trip.

Urojo Soup



After lunch, I checked out and grabbed a taxi back to the airport for my onward flight to Dar.
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