June, 2017, Tanzania.
I was lucky to spend 24 hours in Stonetown, Zanzibar, a place with a huge history of doors and for a door lover, a place that surpassed all my expectations. I regret my stay was so short, I would love to return. We only covered part of the town and there are many more doors that evaded me.
I’m only now editing the shots and the results are worthy of a second door post from this historic city, probably a third too.
The streets are small and narrow, with towering buildings, many in a state of disrepair. The buildings shade the rays of the sun and there is relief from the heat at ground level, but it’s humid and enclosed and very easy to get lost as you twist around the town losing your sense of direction, but so fascinating…
I normally use a DSLR camera, but in Stonetown I used my iPhone6 camera as it was the only way to catch the scenes in these narrow spaces.
For the history of Stonetown, the spice and slave trading, the door culture and shots of previous doors posted, please visit my previous post.
Please enjoy Stonetown as much as I did…
Thank you for visiting Stonetown with me…
Linking with Thursday Doors, hosted by Norm Frampton. Hit the blue frog link at the bottom of his post and visit some more doors today…
Some of these doors are so intricate and beautiful.
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Thank you, Arv. For me, Stonetown was a step into another world and the doors were just unbelievable. At every step, there was another one, too good to miss…. Another post due!
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Those ancient studded and weathered doors are really quite something, and some of the carvings too are magnificent. Nice post.
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Thank you, scooj. Stonetown was door heaven, I could return in a flash!
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I have been there, but my interest in doors was somewhat latent.
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It looks so beautiful, I guess I just have to get on to a boat or plane and get there.
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Thank you, I.J. Yes, please go there, it’s truly a bucket list destination if you love doors and atmosphere!
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Some real gems.
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Thanks, Sherry. I loved the town, the atmosphere, the doors…the visit time was way too short!
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Oh wow! That’s all I can think to say about these doors. So amazingly complex and unique. Great photos.
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Thank you, Ally. Just a wonderful place that I was lucky enough to visit, I’ll never forget it and its doors…
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Tremendous selection of wonderful doors – enough for a month of postings. It reminds me of parts of Old Delhi.
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Thank you, Ian. A wonderful place to visit, I could go back there tomorrow, inshallah… However, Delhi looked like a place that would draw me in, from your wonderful shots…
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Wow! Thanks for taking me along on a trip through this fabled spot. Some amazing doors!
janet
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Thank you, Janet. I’m glad you enjoyed Stonetown with me…
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Interesting and varied. I loved the ones with the carved squares.
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Thank you, Luccia. Yes, the carved squares door was pretty stunning. did you notice all the locks on it too?I felt it was overkill given the solidity of the doors…
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Great Great doors! I liked the ones with the planks going up to them!
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Thanks, Cady. Close up the planks did look a tad rickety!
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I loved every one of those photographs. What am amazing place to visit. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Jean, thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed the visit. I wish I had had longer, I could have completed a year of door posts if I had spent longer there…!
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You’ll have to go back 🙂
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Wow! Wonderful, wonderful doors! I’ll bet that House of Spices smells DIVINE! Mmmm…. I’m just imagining it….
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Thank you, Marian. Well, the House of Spices smelt divine but there were some awfully whiffy bits in other areas!
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lol!
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Buildings being held together by log braces: scary 🙂
Some gorgeous doors though. That second shot in particular is wonderful.
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Thanks, Norm. Twas an act of faith to continue down the path under the subsiding building, I walked terribly fast! But it was worth it, as you can see…
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Love those ornate wooden doors
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Thank you, weejars. There are so many beautiful doors in Stonetown, such an amazing place…
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Nice set. (And I don’t even follow doors…)
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Ah, that’s so nice. Thank you, Dave!
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Lots of ornate doors in your choices. Enjoyed it very much!
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Thank you, Katy. Zanzibar is door heaven!
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Oh my, oh my, oh my. Zanzibar! Excellent photos, thank you!
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Wow. What are the numbers on that one door? Are those drawers?
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