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GOOD TO KNOW: - The water in Zanzibar is not safe for drinking and brushing teeth. Use bottled water. - Tanzanian Shillings is the currency, currency exchange services are available around stone town or at the towns around the island. However to draw money, the ATMs are only in Stone Town. - Credit cards are only accepted at major hotels travel agencies and restaurants, most shops and markets do not accept card payment. - You can buy a SIM card from stores in Stone Town, cost

Keram is a popular game in Tanzania. İt is like square snooker table with cloth pockets at each corner. Rules are also similar to snooker. Cameraman, my little friend Musa. Seaweed and Shellfish At low tide, the wide beach provides for the local industry – seaweed farming – during the day you can see women and children pick the young weed. The seaweed is loaded into heavy sacks and carried up the beach to dry. It is then sent for processing in a nearby factory and made into

Fishing is a predominant trade in Zanzibar. Below you see the big market place in Stone Town. Here you can find meat, fish, vegetables, spices all at one place. I was fascinated from the variety of all fishes available and learned there where they come from: the fishing village Kizimkazi. Next morning, woke up around 4.am and made my way to Kizimkazi which is at the south of the island, about 1 hour drive from where I stayed, Paje. A pair of fishermen selling their catch. İt

Spice Tour is a walking tour at a spice farm where you can learn about different spices how they are farmed and used, taste exotic fruits and can buy fresh spices, coffee, tea, soaps etc. Spices and herbs were originally introduced to Zanzibar by Portuguese traders in the 16th century, brought from their colonies in South America and India. After, Arabs started large spice plantations making Zanzibar the world’s biggest exporter.During this four hour guided walk through Kizim

Zanzibar was once East Africa's main slave-trading port, first colonized by Portuguese than by Arabs. The slaves were put on the market here exactly this point in Zanzibar Stone Town. Buyers would examine the arms, mouths, teeth and eyes of the slaves. They were even whipped to prove their strength. After many weeks or months of marching, the slave caravans reached the coast at ports such as Kilwa and Bagamoyo. Here, the slaves were loaded onto dhows, seldom more than 30–35m