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Seaweed farming
Taken on: Mar 3, 2013
One of Zanzibar's biggest foreign-exchange earners is seaweed (mwani), of which over ten thousand tons are exported annually to East Asia. The seaweed cultivation was introduced two decades ago as an income-generating project for local women. The seaweed is "planted" by tying it to ropes in the shallow intertidal zone of the lagoons. It is not an easy job, as the sacks of wet seaweed weight tens of kilos which have to be moved a few hundred meters before the seaweed is laid out on the sand to dry.
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On the streets of Stone Town
Taken on: Mar 2, 2013
Known locally as Mji Mkongwe ("Old Town"), Stone Town is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar. The first stone houses in Stone Town were probably built in the 1830s, gradually replacing an earlier fishing village and trading post established by the Portuguese in 1503. At the time, the Zanzibar Archipelago was controlled by the Sultanate of Oman, that in 1841 moved the Omani capital from Muscat to Zanzibar.
With its labyrinth of narrow twisting streets, bustling bazaars and grand Arab and Indian mansions, the center in many ways resembles the medinas of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula -- a place where the time seems to go on its own slow pace.
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Zebra's - Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Taken on: Jan 10, 2013
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Last Rays of the Sun
Taken on: Dec 30, 2012
Seen from the harbor of Stone Town (Mji Mkongwe), Zanzibar
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09-27_13-24-58_162
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-2.322428/34.312466. 24.94 km East Handajega Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-2.322428_34.312466.html"> (Map link)</a>
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09-28_16-27-26_178
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-3.206892/35.566662. 9.52 km North-East Ngorongoro Arusha Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-3.206892_35.566662.html"> (Map link)</a>
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09-28_15-31-42_134
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-3.143419/35.587643. 11.03 km South-West Munge Arusha Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-3.143419_35.587643.html"> (Map link)</a>
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09-29_14-39-15_031
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-3.372734/35.827520. 3.55 km South-West Mto wa Mbu Arusha Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-3.372734_35.827520.html"> (Map link)</a>
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09-28_11-00-40_065
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-2.832589/34.997456. 20.91 km North-West Masek Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-2.832589_34.997456.html"> (Map link)</a>
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09-26_16-59-54_078
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-2.168169/33.977356. 12.80 km East Lukungu Mara Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-2.168169_33.977356.html"> (Map link)</a>
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09-27_06-38-56_003
Taken on: Dec 20, 2012
Taken at Latitude/Longitude:-2.274167/34.322483. 24.86 km East Handajega Tanzania <a href="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-2.274167_34.322483.html"> (Map link)</a>
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On their way to work
Taken on: Dec 17, 2012
near Zanzibar. One of those crazy-weather days at the beginning of the monsoon season.
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Trap Fishing near Changuu island
Taken on: Dec 14, 2012
BTW, between 1893-1894 the British built a prison on this island --thus the other name The Prison island-- that fortunately never was used for this purpose.
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The Audience
Taken on: Nov 16, 2012
Annual fisherman dhows race in Jambiani, Zanzibar
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In the Tree
Taken on: Jun 25, 2012
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Lions Feasting
Taken on: Jun 18, 2012
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Playtime
Taken on: Jun 17, 2012
A cub plays with his mother as evening falls.
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Elephant on a Walk
Taken on: Jun 1, 2012
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Baby Elephant with Mom
Taken on: Jun 1, 2012
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masai's woman
Taken on: May 23, 2012
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