Flight from Zanzibar

Photo courtesy: Fanny Scherzte — Wikimedia Commons

I left Zanzibar after three days. Near panic gripped me and I wasn’t the only one to feel this way.

Zanzibar’s Cloud of Mystery

Photo courtesy: Vincent van Zeijst — Wikimedia Commons

Stonetown’s narrow streets and carved doors were magical, but its past told another story. With the Arabs came an expansion of the ivory and slave trades. There was a grim reminder in Stonetown Square where slaves were once auctioned.

Zanzibar — Stepping back in Time

Something was in the air when I arrived in Zanzibar and it wasn’t just the aromatic smell of cloves in April.