Author: Katina
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Fabulous Food in Tanzania!
Read more: Fabulous Food in Tanzania!The food in Tanzania has been surprisingly lovely! We found the meals to be simple and very flavourful. For breakfasts we always had fresh fruit like mangoes and papayas and we were lucky to have chocolate chapatti pancakes while on Zanzibar! Afternoon drinks often included chocolate banana milkshakes, passion fruit juice or fresh coconut…
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Stone Town, Zanzibar
Read more: Stone Town, ZanzibarWe arrived in Stone Town amid the midday heat and were greeted very warmly by our hotel reception at the Tembo Hotel. They have great apartments for families that are spacious, have nets, AC and most importantly – a beach and a pool! One special feature of our place was that we stayed in the…
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Beautiful Bwejuu, Zanzibar
Read more: Beautiful Bwejuu, ZanzibarAfter a wonderful time in Arusha, we returned to Dar via the Kili airport in preparation for our trip to Zanzibar. The island of Zanzibar can be reached either by plane or fast ferry. We decided to take the ferry as a cheaper option and we were not disappointed. A few words of advice –…
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The Island of Love
Read more: The Island of LoveI will sing of stately Aphrodite, gold-crowned and beautiful, whose dominion is the walled cities of all sea-set Cyprus. There the moist breath of the western wind wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam. –Homer According to the Greek myth, Uranus and Cronus were fighting for control of Olympus and…
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Middle Eastern Delights!
Read more: Middle Eastern Delights!The food in Israel has been amazing! It is so flavourful and fresh that we decided not to cook for ourselves, but to eat from some of the best food stalls we have found so far on our trip. We are not sure what makes their food so tasty, but we think it’s a combination…