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Stone Town to Nungwi - Worlds Last Open Slave Market

Tanzania 2015/16

Stone Town to Nungwi – Worlds Last Open Slave Market

Stone Town to Nungwi – Worlds Last Open Slave Market. Dec 11 Free guesthouse breakfast, check-out, and head to the Anglican Christ Chruch Cathedral which is the former site of the worlds last open slave market.  Legend has it that that alter of the church now sits above a tree where slaves were whipped to show their strength and hardness.  There are holding cells for the males and for the females under the church.  Slaves from central and east African...

Coronach: Universal Thoughts with Mike

Big Beaver Diaries / Canada

Coronach: Universal Thoughts with Mike

Coronach: Universal Thoughts with Mike. August 23.   It is raining like crazy here.  There is far too much rain.  The earth here is saturated.  It has been two days of rain, at a lousy time.  Had the sun been shining my family would be in the fields harvesting.  I wish that was happening as I would like to be a part of that while I am home. I spend the day with dad and then Michael came to pick...

Death by spider

Extreme Adventure / Writing

Possible, Impending, Death by Spider – Australian Outback

Possible, Impending, Death by Spider – Australian Outback [su_dropcap]S[/su_dropcap]he had just finished giving me an ice massage to try and alleviate the itch from the rash covering my upper body.  In preparation for sleep, I positioned myself comfortably in the bed just before she was ready.  By chance, she turned on the light for a moment.  I recognized the ‘click’ sound in the instant before the light filled the van.  Suddenly my girlfriend said, “Oh my god Stephen.  Oh my...