http://www.odyssei.com Tanzania, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:45:36 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:45:36 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24771.html Required travel documents for Tanzania: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24771.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24308.html Electric power: 230V / 50 Hz [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24308.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24045.html Area code to Tanzania: +255 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24045.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13283.html This small remnant called Jozani Forest is as close as Zanzibar has to a National Park and is located on the isthmus that links the northern and southern parts of the island. The entrance to the Jozani Forest Reserve is on the main road between Zanzibar T [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13283.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13282.html Dimbani Mosque lies 3km northwest of Kizimkazi in a smaller settlement called Dimbani. This mosque is thought to be the oldest Islamic building on the Eastern Coast of Africa. More recently, the mosque has been modified in an unsympathetic fashion making [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13282.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13281.html Bikhole Ruins are located approximately 20 kilometres southeast of Zanzibar Town these are the remains of a large house dating from the 19th Century. The house was complete with a Persian-style bathhouse and a beautiful garden. Used up to the 1920s the ho [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13281.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13280.html Dunga Ruins are located on the main road between Zanzibar Town and Chwaka, very close to the modern village of Dunga. The Palace at Dunga was the seat of the traditional ruler of Zanzibar. More impressive than any prior building the palace boasted two sto [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13280.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13279.html Shirazi Ruins are found on the southern end of Tumbatu Island and date from the 12th Century. The ruins are those of an ancient town that contains 40 stone houses. It was recorded by an Arab geographer in the 13th century that the Muslim people of Zanziba [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13279.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13278.html Tumbatu Island is one of the largest of Zanzibar’s offshore islands. Three original ethnic groups occupied the archipelago: Watumbat, Unguja, Sheha. Known as excellent sailors the Watumbatu speak their own dialect of Swahili and are a proud and aloo [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13278.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13277.html Fukuchani Ruins lying to the south of Nungwi these ruins are known locally as the Portuguese House. In orgin the hous was thought to be Swahili. It is built of coral bricks. The doorways are arched and there are rectangular niches in the walls of the main [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13277.html