After our walk in Stone Town, I was talking to Bwana Sallum about how I'll be working at the STCDA. While we were walking he pointed out a few renovated buildings and lots of new buildings on land that the government had sold. Stone Town is a very dense area and so the existence of land for all these new buildings was hard to believe. He explained that the government had been selling off old buildings to a few wealthy Europeans who demolished them and built hotels in their place. Despite the implementation of a conservation area and the designation as a UNESCO world heritage site, the government itself was causing the destruction of Stone Town.
"Great!" I thought - Not because of what was happening but because at least now I had some context before I started work tomorrow.
My findings: All toilet paper is wet in Zanzibar. It's just the humidity. Also, when Zanzibaris say "just a little rain," they mean full on thunderstorm. And when they say it's cold, they mean 30 degrees Celsius.
"Great!" I thought - Not because of what was happening but because at least now I had some context before I started work tomorrow.
My findings: All toilet paper is wet in Zanzibar. It's just the humidity. Also, when Zanzibaris say "just a little rain," they mean full on thunderstorm. And when they say it's cold, they mean 30 degrees Celsius.
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