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Off the coast of Tanzania is the island of Zanzibar, Arab sultanate until the 60′s.

In sua streets we see women covered by veils and tattooed hands. For tothe beaches we can find celebrities who seek refuge in this place, unlike any holiday.

In the heart of Zanzibar, the Stone Town, a city that is world heritage, a city built of coral rock by the Arabs, the day begins with the chanting of muezzins calling to prayer from mosques. While we hear the echo of their voices, the vendors sell coffee, breakfast typical of Muslims in every corner you will find vendors who offer smoking.

Women wrapped in Burqas dark, early morning start, the first task is to go to market for supplies of fresh fish.

Its streets are many vendors offering their reasons co colorful paintings of animals and nature, handicrafts, souvenirs, and also those that offer tourists make small henna tattoos.

In the picturesque setting that offers the sound of their vendors, the smell of incense that inundated the city, the heat, you find the house where we can sit and breathe and admire the city, and have a comforting rest and then continue up to this culture so different from what travelers are accustomed.

In the coastal fishermen who sell us find delicious grilled shrimp, in a very particular, cones, we can go eat, as we continue our walk.

A walk into the typical miss is that we are sailing to its shores, from north to south, travel shows clove plantations, with its typical aroma, ruins of ancient palaces, and reached the east coast of the island, where the water of the Indian Ocean makes us believe we’re in an aquarium, transparency, the colors of your fish and corals.

Spend summer in the islands most famous, rich and eccentric characters, strolling through the island you may find some of them.

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