Donnerstag, 4. Januar 2018

Between the years: Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Nairobi (update)



With the following photos I do not aspire to give a comprehensive picture of the places I visited. They are just a selection of personal impressions my European tourist´s gaze was drawn to
but which nevertheless I would like to share. 

Zanzibar


Amani Na Iwepo Duniani - May Peace Prevail on Earth

                       
Evening at the Indian Ocean













Stone Town 1


Stone Town 2

Palace Museum



Tembo Hotel

          
embe, nanasi, ndisi - chakula kitamu sana
mangoes, ananas and bananas - incredibly delicious!

Hibiscus


Krismasi njema - Merry Christmas
                          




                                        Dar-es-Salaam



Village Museum
http://www.tanzanianow.com/the-village-museum-dar-es-salaam/
                     The centrepiece of the Village Museum are the various dwellings of Tanzania´s rural 
                     population, their respective livelihoods and traditions.


Baobab in the Village Museum
     
Shop in Mikocheni B



                                              Nairobi


National Treasury, Nairobi Central Business District. Photo: Johanna Wiest

View from the top of Jomo Kenyatta Conference Centre.
Photo: Johanna Wiest
                                        


Jomo Kenyatta Conference Centre
Photo: Johanna Wiest


Karura Forest



                                   David Sheldrick elephant orphanage at Nairobi National Park                                       www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/asp/orphans.asp





car wash in front of an apartment house

Fig tree


          Kiambethu Farm to the northwest of Nairobi offers a guided tour and a delicious lunch
                                                  http://www.kiambethufarm.com


Tea Plantation at Kiambethu Farm(1)



Tea Plantation at Kiambethu Farm(2)
                                              
Lunch break at Kiambethu Farm

Nairobi National Museum



From Peoples of Kenya by Joy Adamson, Nairobi National Museum
On her travels around Kenya in the late 1940s Joy Adamson painted representatives of the country´s tribes. A selection of the original portraits is displayed at the Nairobi National Museum.



Botanic Garden, Nairobi National Museum (1)

Botanic Garden, Nairobi National Museum (2)