Christmas in Zanzibar 2009 Slideshow

in The Blog by Hudson — December 25, 2009 at 7:40 | 4 comments

Merry Christmas from Zanzibar!  What a place to spend it.  While I was out shooting this morning during the five am call to prayer, each of the many muslims who passed wished me Happy Christmas.

It’s been tough to download, edit, and blog with the power out all across the islands.

Today I am plugged into the generator-supplied power and Wifi at the Livingstone House Bar and Restaurant (yes it was THE Dr. Livingstone’s house many years ago. The “bright side” of the power outage is the view of the stars over the old city at night.  The lights created by street-vendors with lanterns and candles are like tiny islands between the big generator equipped hotels.  Most of the city feels like it must have 150 years ago.  Not a bad Christmas all in all.

I have had the good fortune to stay with my close friends Baboo and Mariam at their spare flat in the heart of Old Stonetown.  Their friendship has led to such great times and amazing photographic opportunities.  As our friend Bob Krist always says, there is nothing like a good fixer!

I have very little generator time to write all I’d love to tell.   So far we have explored the Island’s forests, slept on a small adjacent atoll under the stars, sailed in two dhows, eaten copious amounts of local seafood, spice, and the best fruit in the world.  Oh hell, as I proofread this list, I see that it hardly begins to do the Zanzibar experience justice…  Please enjoy this brief slideshow to get a taste of one of the best places in the world.  I’ll be blogging more as power availability allows.

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Tags: Africa, islands, photography, Tanzania, travel, Zanzibar