Intrepid (sissy) expat Aussie traveler, Socrates, steps back in time to review his journey from the capital of Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam to the extraordinary island of Zanzibar. I say my goodbyes to Hanneke on the doorstep of the dilapidated guest house where we were staying while in Dar Es Salaam. “I’m going to Zanzibar,” I tell her. “I might come to Zanzibar,” she … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2024
To Jambiani – Exploring Zanzibar (travel destination review)
I stood in the doorway of my Zanzibar guest house room and gawked at the figure who had knocked on my door and was now standing in the hotel corridor outside. “I've come to Zanzibar,” she said, despite only hours earlier, on a doorstep in Dar Es Salaam, letting me know that her travel plans did not include accompanying me to Zanzibar but would lead her south to … [Read more...]
Mysteries of Surfing
I’ve been trying to learn how to surf now for around thirty years. I like to surf. No. Let’s take that a step further. I love to surf. Do I call myself a surfer? No. A surfer is an athlete who has acquired a specific qualifying level of competence and skill at the act of surfing. I am one person who has not achieved that requisite standard... but, despite loving the act of … [Read more...]