welcome to stone town!
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i'm walking around stone town this morning and i wanted to share with you some really
interesting things about this place let's start with where it's located santa bar is actually
way bigger than i expected it to be and stone town is located on the west side of the island
it's actually really small you can kind of walk around the whole thing and
it's so small with such narrow streets that to be honest kind of remind me of walking
around venice and it's not easy to drive around here so you see a lot of bicycles
and motorbikes around here and it's mainly just walking around these super narrow streets
this was named a unesco heritage site stone town really relies on tourism so
you'll see a ton a ton of hawkers all over the street everywhere you walk but
the main airport for zanzibar is located right here in stone town
just walking around the streets of stone town is a must and you have
to stop and see things like freddie mercury was born here
if you're wondering where to stay one thing about stone town is that you'll find more of
the big brand hotel names so unlike jambiani and pajay which is where i just came from
link in the description below you'll find more hotels like the doubletree or the park hyatt
you'll find some of those big names here but you'll also find a bunch of quaint places
it's primarily swahili culture here so it's helpful to know a few words so let's have my
driver help with that what about jumbo what is jump jumbo means like a jumbo
jumbo is like a mambo mambo like and what's mambo mambo jumbo mambo is the same
like hello oh like hello okay there you go swahili lesson done and speaking of that culture
it's primarily muslim so that's why i have this weird i have no more clean clothes i'm trying to
wear all my beach apparel to be as conservative as possible when i'm walking around stone down
by the way if you're having some fun with me in this video and learning something cheers that like
button and consider subscribing i was so curious how did stone town get its name it got its name
because the local arab traders and slavers brought stone here and that's what all the ornate houses
are made out of which by the way over half a million slaves were traded through this area
one other thing you cannot miss in downtown is the food oh my gosh the restaurants here are bomb
this town is awesome but you know what it's time for it's time to get on the water
oh i'm so excited let's get out on a boat