Author: Stephen Woulds

Going to Zanzibar

by
Jennie Cole

A story for ESOL Students

Zanzibar is in East Africa and is part of Tanzania.
It is a small island off the mainland.

The flag is green, gold,
dark-blue and black.
It has the United Republic of Tanzania flag in the left corner.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest volcano in Africa. This is a photograph from the aeroplane.

This is Zanzibar International Airport.
It has a café and souvenir shops inside.

The capital of Zanzibar is called Stone Town.

You can see lots of beautiful doors as you walk along the streets.

This is the bus station in Stone Town.
Does it look like the bus station in your country?
Does it look like a bus station in the U.K.?

The buses go when they are full. Sometimes you can wait 2 or 3 hours until the bus goes.
People come to sell you eggs, bread and medicine while you are waiting on the bus!

This is the market in Stone Town.

What can you see for sale?

Fishing is a popular job in Zanzibar.
What’s the most popular job in your country?

At night, the streets come alive with fishermen selling their catch of the day!

Zanzibar is also known as Spice Island.
Lots of spices are grown here.

Sugar cane is a popular drink in Zanzibar.
This photograph shows people making the drink.
Have you ever tried sugar cane?

Dominoes is a favourite
pastime in Zanzibar.
It is usually the men who sit on the streets and play as they talk about everyday life, while the women stay at home.

Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar. His given name was
Farrokh Bulsara and his
parents were from India.
Freddie is the man wearing white trousers. He is standing with his band called Queen.

Get talking!

Find a partner.
What things are the same /
different in your country to Zanzibar?

SAME	DIFFERENT

Get surfing!

1) Find a partner to share a computer with.
2) Use a search engine like
www.google.com or www.bing.com
to find new pictures of Zanzibar.
3) Print your pictures out in colour.
4) Show the rest of your class.

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