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Ngorongoro, Tanzania - Auntie Anna in the Garden of Eden

Guest writer: Anna Nilsson Spets

Garden of Eden, the words came to me as I stood on a cliff edge and looked out over the Ngorongoro Crater, it was breathtakingly beautiful and a light layer of morning mist swept over the landscape painted in 50 shades of green. The view hit me like a punch in the solar plexus.  

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Mafia Island in Tanzania - Auntie Anna and the ultimate chill.

Guest writer: Anna Nilsson Spets

The vast majority of people go to Zanzibar after finishing their safari on the mainland in the TanzaniaI did not. I was in Zanzibar many years ago, before the big tourist influx. What would I do without Google maps and the magnifying glass function?  

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Climbing Kilimanjaro - dreams of Africa

In collaboration with Safariresor.se

Climbing Kilimanjaro - is it even possible? Ever since our first visit to Kenya, we have been longing to go back. To Africa. There is something special about that continent that makes all other experiences pale in comparison. Nowhere else in the world have we seen such beautiful beaches, experienced such colourful parties or brought home such powerful experiences. In collaboration with Safariresor.se, we write today about climbing Kilimanjaro, about African safaris and about our own memories from our trips to Kenya and Tanzania.

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Tanga in Tanzania - a real adventure

Once, several years ago, we visited a place in Tanzania called Tanga. It was a mistake that we ended up there, but we will never forget it. It started with the unrest during the 2007 elections in Kenya. We fled by taxi and crossed the border on foot. Then we jumped on a local bus.

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Travelling to Zanzibar

We never thought we would end up there, in Zanzibar. It sounded a little too much like a dream. Maybe a little too much like a animal dream. But then what happened ...

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Our most dramatic journey - Kenya during the 2007 elections

Today, Kenya has voted in favour of a new constitution, and according to DN, the election went smoothly. Things were different in 2007/2008, when 1,300 people were killed in violence between different ethnic groups. We were going on holiday and had bought a plane ticket to Nairobi.

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