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Things To Do in Baku Azerbaijan

July 31, 2023 Leave a Comment

We didn’t really know what to expect of Azerbaijan, much less its capital, Baku. We knew it was a southern European post-Communist-bloc country (for which our primary reference was a previous trip to Bulgaria) and had an on/off war with neighboring Armenia over the border area of Nagorno-Karabakh. It was never on our travel agenda […]

Filed Under: Azerbaijan, Baku, Baku, Cities, Dining, Museums, Restaurants, Sightseeing Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Bulvar Park, Ismailiyya Palace, Juma Mosque, Maiden Tower, Maiden Tower Double Gates, Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Seafront Promenade, Shirvanshah Museum and Restaurant, Sumahk

Chumbe Island: A Beautiful Eco Island

November 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

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No one would ever accuse us of being beach people. Joyce tends to seek out shade when the sun is shining (too many years of sunburns and sunstroke in her earlier years before good sunscreen was standard) and both Tom and Joyce like to be continually moving versus sitting.  Yet, tell us that we can […]

Filed Under: Africa, Beaches & Coasts, Chumbe Island, Destinations, Featured-City, Stone Town, Tanzania, Zanzibar Tagged With: Chumbe Island, Zanzibar

Zanzibar

October 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Jaws Corner 2

The very name is exotic, as it should be. This group of islands off the east coast of Africa is now part of Tanzania. This, however, was a relatively recent political alignment as the islands had long been under the yoke of foreign powers. It has been a major regional trading center for more than […]

Filed Under: Africa, Featured-City, Nature & Hiking, Sightseeing, Stone Town, Tanzania, Zanzibar Tagged With: Forodhani Gardens, Jaws Corner, Kenyata Road, Stone Town, Zanzibar