ZANZIBAR
I had had a long-brewing interest in the Island of Zanzibar but strangely enough, this trip came as an afterthought. I was planning to tour Malaysia and Singapore in December of 2016. In October, however, certain things happened that made that trip unfeasible. But I still had to go somewhere, and that somewhere ended up being Zanzibar. I did what little planning was needed in a day or two. I would go by bus from Nairobi to Mombasa, and then take another bus from Mombasa to Dar es Salaam. In Dar es Salaam, I would stay a night and take the ferry for the short crossing to Zanzibar the following day. Dar es Salaam I arrived in Dar es Salaam at 9:00pm on December 27 after close to twenty-four hours on the road and checked into a hotel on Livingstone Street. I was taken aback by how inexpensive the hotel was, minding that it was high season. The next morning I did a circuit of the city then got on the midday ferry to Zanzibar. The sea was calm and within approxi...