former slave market

but this is Stone Town a well....
formerly the biggest slave market in East Africa......until Livingstone had a petition signed and agreed in London to forbid slavery....
so it went underground for a century....

and you still can visit the former slave market and see in which horrible conditions the slaves were kept....

beach view

doesnt this look like a capital town to you?
this is Stone Town , the capital of Zanzibar ...
not to bad is it....

the perfect breakfast place in Stone Town

is the Tembo House Hotel directly on the beach.....
this is what you need after waking up.....isnt that called a view??????







yes there is a menu but mind you.....there is no choice it is either egg sandwich or cheese sandwich......
but the view still makes it an ideal place for breakfast....

beach in Stone Town

and no I do not only drink Amarula....
sometimes I do ride elephants as well....

my new friend

since I arrived in Tanzania I have got a new friend who is helping me a lot to relax and see things the local way- the Hakuna Matata way.....
you definitely become more patient with this new friend....




and this is the perfect way how and when to drink it.....as a sundowner at the Africa House Hotel while watching the magical sunset.....




ps and it is far less strong than a baileys so you do not need to worry about me.....but yes I do have a constant amarula touch in me since my arrival....

root top hopping

so how we spent our time after sunset...we did rooftop hopping as some restaurants and bars have now copied the Emerson and Green Top tower restaurant...
(by the way....you do not need to go for dinner in the Emerson and Green .... they have seen better times....go have a drink there and enjoy dinner at the Swahili house...a thousand times better....)
so try Emerson and Green which is now called the 235 Hurumzi hotel but everyone still calls it Emerson and Green (be aware you need to take up steep steps to get to the rooftop)
then the Silk Road restaurant... a little less high but nicely decorated and good food and the highlight of course the rooftop of the Swahili house....

so we definitely had a nice evening and I had some amarulas too many.....

the Swahili rooftop

and this is the way to hang out in Stonetown if it is not sunset time...