(Yep, I’m back in India again, updates coming soon. Here are some random leftovers from E. Africa in the meantime.)
Like all the other tourists, I really enjoyed all the old buildings in Zanzibar. It’s almost like walking around in a living museum where scenes of everyday life are on display. Of course over time, it’s inevitable that the structures would show their age and begin to decay and collapse.
Bamboo scafolding-
Along the waterfront, the Aga Khan foundation restored the waterfront promenade, and everyday workers were cutting the grass and picking leaves out of it by hand. To me, it seemed a bit out of place- it seemed fake among the grandeur of the rest of historical Stone Town. It almost felt too sterile to be “authentic.”
All the locals that I talked with though, were so proud of their new promenade. In the evenings, so many families came out to admire it. And then it dawned on me- it’s probably the first “new” structure that Zanzibar has had in awhile. All the “authentic” buildings couldn’t be easy to live in- I can’t even imagine what centuries old plumbing must be like. So I’m guessing that what is “unauthentic” to some, is development for others…
Old bottles of coke-
As one would expect, President Obama has many fans in Kenya and Zanzibar...
Obama knows his HIV status-
Obama bumper sticker-
Obama supporters-
Presidential tablecloth-
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