TANZANIA

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Lushoto

View from the Usambara Mountains to the plains below.

The climate in the Usambara Mountains is pleasant and the soil is fertile. Those are two of the reasons why they became one of the most densely populated mountain regions of Tanzania.

Even newer buildings sometimes follow the traditional circular architecture.

Tree-size ferns grow in the rain forest whose remains can be found in the Usambara Mountains.

Sunday market in Lushoto is a colorful event.

There are many kinds of bananas and many of them grow in Tanzania.

In Africa, women frequently carry heavy loads on their heads.

A funny pale photographer can - in the end - be a good diversion from selling potatoes.

There is nowhere to leave small children. They have to accompany their mothers everywhere, even when they are selling on the market.

Dar es Salaam

This hospital was built in 1897 and Robert Koch performed his important research of malaria and tuberculoses here.

Zanzibar - Stone Town

A street in the Stone Town

Zanzibar was part of Oman sultanate for many years and the Arabic influence is well visible until today.

Carved wooden doors are one of the typical symbols of Stone Town.

Zanzibar - Spice Tour

This is cocoa.

Zanzibar exports most cloves in the world.

Pepper is a vine.

Pepper. Different kinds of pepper (white, black, etc.) do not come from different plants. They are simply produced by different processing methods (time of harvest, drying, etc.).

Nutmeg

Cinnamon is a bark of this tree. Grounded cinnamon is made of the trunk bark, whole cinnamon is actually bark pealed from little branches.

Children are heaving fun interacting with tourist who come hear to marvel at plants and trees that are common to them.

Zanzibar - Nungwi

Beautiful and clear water, beaches of coral sand that remains cool even under burning sun and relaxing atmosphere are major trademarks of the Zanzibar beaches.

Girls have to carry water to the village since very early stage.

Nungwi is famous for building of dhows.

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