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 Shopping
 To shop in Zanzibar is a heady quest down winding old streets through ornate doors into veritable treasure chests. Colours, scents and shapes seduce the eye and invite one to touch and smell while listening to tales spun by the merchants amidst the flurry.
The fish market abuts the expansive fresh produce market where lychees pose next to Jack fruits and where a diligent seeker could find boxes containing haute couture bui-bui, batiks, silks and hand woven cotton.
Learn the fine art of selecting and wearing khanga, those colourful message bearing cloths which adorn the lives of everyone in Zanzibar. Natural well-being products abound; Clove oil, ylang-ylang soap, cinnamon cream and henna to colour and embellish.
Our famous carvers, traditional furniture makers and other crafts people exchange tales of visitors who have left with nothing but Zanzibar beds and brass covered chests filled with treasure, perhaps the jewellery from Sinbad�s dreams of Zenj, his ancient name for Zanzibar.
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