Zanzibar Archive

Zap Zanzibar

Posted by jimheck in Politics, Terrorism, Twevolution, Zanzibar on October 23, 2012

Last night Pres. Obama and Gov. Romney argued whether al-Qaeda was on the run. It is, and it’s central to why Zanzibar is exploding, now. Yesterday tear gas filled Stone Town as mostly young radicals protested the indictment of a popular extremist sheik who was then held without bail. The unrest in Zanzibar began last [...]

Live For Your Trip

Posted by jimheck in Planning Travel, Zanzibar on July 23, 2012

Here’s a sure fire way to kill yourself: plan your own trip to East Africa. This is going to sound like the most self-serving blog ever, but I find little solace reporting about the 73 people killed last week when – once again – the ferry between Dar-es-Salaam and Zanzibar capsized. The ferry is featured [...]

On Safari in Zanzibar

Posted by jimheck in Environment, OnSafari, Zanzibar on March 20, 2012

It’s still too early to return to Kenya, so my migration safari began not in Nairobi but in Zanzibar. We had three wonderful, very hot and fascinating days! It rather breaks my heart to substitute anything for Kenya, which as a society is so incredibly hopeful and promising. But the tourist incidents recently in the [...]

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