Vlog Sincero em Zanzibar: O Lado Real das Praias e Stone Town

Vlog Sincero em Zanzibar: O Lado Real das Praias e Stone Town

When the tide goes out, this sandbar appears, and then for a few hours a day… This island is visible. As if this wall where they write there, look, on your side, is where the News of the day. This is cat skin, you know? Cat fur. And so we’ve arrived here at Prison Island. And we’re going to tell a very… It’s interesting that this island has a somewhat sinister past, right? But it has… also a very interesting story. And along the way we’ve traveled here, Let’s tell this story. Follow along. And the scenery here is very beautiful, you know? It has this There’s a little bridge over there too. Oh, the water is so clear all around here. And we’ll keep going from here. There probably is… We have to pay a fee here now. Let’s see over there. Okay, so to access the island here, we have to… You have to pay for a ticket. And how much does it cost? The entrance fee if it’s just for the prison island, The fee is 12,000 shillings plus 3,000 shillings for environmental conservation, or That is, the total value is 15,000. So here I’m going to show you now, this is the facade of the prison and The story goes, then, that initially the Arabs built this prison here with the intention of So, they kept the slaves here on the island as a way to sell them, right? They were the most rebellious ones. They were brought here, kept in a sort of prison, and then taken to Stone Town or other parts of Africa. But what’s interesting is that despite having been built as a prison, There was never a single prisoner here, meaning it never actually functioned as a prison. Right? And then, around 1893, another Arab, a slave owner, also… He bought the prison. But soon after, some diseases started appearing here, for example, Yellow fever, malaria, and cholera. So this whole complex around here, we’re seeing… It came to be used as a quarantine station for those people who They had these diseases. And this went on for some years. After that, it happened that a governor British from the Seychelles islands, they gifted the island with four giant tortoises. And We’ll visit that part later, but that island is also known not only as Prison Island, But also as the island of turtles. So, uh, they are indeed turtles, giant ones. And according to what We heard from the guide that there are currently more than 200 of these turtles here. And he says that there are… One that’s 200 years old, right? The oldest one. Let’s see. Exactly. Let’s see there. And here in all of them. On the way back, since it’s an island, it’s also surrounded by the sea, but look how beautiful this is! Part of the sea is here, very clear. I’m going to go down these stairs to get further down there. But what’s interesting is to see that the entire structure here is very well preserved. Still. And today it serves as a museum. There are some shops there, we’ll show you some more later, yes, Handicrafts, local items. And look at this view! It’s really beautiful. Well, this part here is a museum that also tells a bit of the history of this prison through photos. Yes. And here we see a bit of the story told in the paintings here, yes, from prison. And here we see some parts that talk about the turtles that they They were donated as a gift here to the island in the Aldabra region, which came from the Seychelles, right? Look, the turtles stay like this in the middle of the path, and you can see that there are… There’s turtle poop here, and this number on her back is her age. So she’s 38 years old. She’s mine. My partner is my age. Yes, this one here is already 51. She’s bigger than that one over there. Yes! And she’s gigantic! See? Just for comparison. Hold on. Stand close to it so I can show you, it’s quite big. And sometimes the biggest one isn’t always the oldest, because I saw one way back that was 30 and There were only a few, and there was a huge one next to it, and it was newer, right? Exactly! And one interesting thing the guide said… She also said that the oldest person here is 200 years old, and the first to arrive on the island is 170 years old. Something like that. Well, and here we see more, scattered around this part of the island. The guide told us it’s a bit dark there, but you can still see. The oldest one on the island, She’s back there. One of those over there, there are two. There was also a time there after they brought the Turtles came here, and people started hunting them because they were almost on the verge of extinction here. In that part of the island, right? And then in ’96 they started a turtle conservation program. on the island, and today there are 200 of them again. And this one here, we saw, is 123 years old. But look at the size of this one, it’s really huge. Samira is the reference point. So we finished our tour here on the prison island part, and it’s actually a very quick tour. Because the first part is 15 minutes, you’ll spend more time in the museum doing your shopping. Memories from this island, right? And after another 10 or 15 minutes you can already go around it. The entire circuit and you’ll also see various turtles, peacocks, and other birds there. So, a very nice tour. Very quick and practical. Now we’ll continue on our way to Nakupenda Island, which is another stop. that’s what this tour does. At this stop, it’s an interesting sandbar because Nakupenda And in Swahili it means “I love you.” So it’s the island of “I love you.” And usually some couples… They go there to take photos, and some even have wedding photos taken there for that reason. Why? Because When the tide goes out, this sandbar appears, and then for a few hours a day, this island becomes visible. It’s visible there, or it’s accessible, right? So this part is quite interesting. Let’s go check it out now! We then arrived at Nakupenda beach and they really do have a good setup of beach huts here. Because if it weren’t for that, we wouldn’t have shade either, right? And it’s extremely hot here. We are Here, around noon. And lunch and drinks are served here, right? Who’s included? Seafood, tropical fruits, and some non-alcoholic beverages. The feeling that What we had was kind of like what we see in Instagram memes, reality versus fiction. That’s what we actually see on Instagram, right? And that’s more or less what we’re going to show you. Like this, These stalls where people eat are really crowded, right? They serve a tray of… Seafood, fruit too, but we see it like this, it’s very crowded. And there are many street vendors as well. You’re constantly being approached, it’s to sell you shirts, to take photos, or to have drone footage taken. There is… A man walking around with a monkey so you can take a picture, it looks like a fair. Of course, the place. It’s gorgeous, isn’t it? I wouldn’t miss it because of that, but the reality is that there are so many people. Here. Of course, there are, for example, as we mentioned before, couples who come here to have photos taken of weddings, engagements, and we even see some of the street vendors here too, they with I have a drone in hand, because they offer drone filming services here. I don’t know how much they charge. They charge, we haven’t asked yet, but it’s one of the things you might find here. And we came. So here, all the way to the far end of the island, and over there we can already see people filming with drones, right? So someone They’re filming a couple over there, like the ones we can see in the background. And it’s pretty cool for… We then asked the guy who does the drone service, and they charge around $50. to do the filming. And he said that if it’s several short takes, it’s like music videos. Small ones, it’s 30, 35, something like that. It’s negotiable. Everyone offers a different price. [Music] So we’ve arrived here in Stone Town, and this first part we’re seeing here is the fortress, right? It was built by the Portuguese in the year 1560. It’s interesting because the The Portuguese also occupied the Zanzibar region during the Age of Exploration, right? That’s because it was a very interesting trading post at the time, also for settlement. …and the development, right, of the region. So today this construction continues, right? But over the centuries it was taken over by the Arabs who rebuilt that part. I don’t know if you can see it here, but that part of the wall over there, they rebuilt it and then it ended up that… The British also occupied this part. So, it was a succession of occupations here by… First came the Portuguese, then the Arabs, then the English, and it continues to this day, right? Today it has transformed more into a market, just like we see here at the fairs. And that’s how it is now. This is also an amphitheater, which is typical of this region. And over there in the background is the house of wonders. It’s interesting to mention that this house of wonders is quite large, because it is very big. It was the first house here on the African continent to have electricity, which was around 1800. I can’t remember exactly now, but it was sometime in the 1800s. And it was also the first building to have elevators. So it’s quite interesting. It’s still there today; it was built by the Arabs at the time. Uh, first It’s like a performance venue, right? But it’s under renovation now, it’s probably there today. like a museum. It’s just that right here in the background, where we see it before, there used to be a church that first… It was first built as a church, right? Then it became a fortress. And on this side… From where we’re looking, the wall used to be a train station. Well, it’s not anymore. This station was active, but it went to a nearby town and it’s deactivated. So today it remained… even as ruins of a fortress. We’re going here now to the house of a very famous artist, Known worldwide. You’ve probably heard of him. We see him along the way. And this street here is full of shops, people, tourists, right? And right here we can see the house. His, Farrokh Bulsara. So, the famous Freddie Mercury, right? Today this place is a museum, but this was his house. where he was born, where he lived until he was 8 or 9 years old. After that, he went to… India, and then it went to England in later years. But here today it’s a museum. You have to pay to get in here. But there’s a guitar on display, and also the clothes he wore. He used it and told a bit of his story. And the kitten’s got its eye on that bird up there. Here in Stone Town we also see a lot of cats, which tells the story of, in the case of The Portuguese, and then the Arabs brought a lot of cats here to get rid of the rats that were there. Here, because during the sailing season, ships end up bringing a lot of rats. So there was There was a time when there were many rats, and to try and curb their proliferation, they brought in cats. And over time, you know, they proliferated and so on. And today it’s a city with the highest concentration of cats. So, leaving Freddie Mercury’s house, we’re passing through these streets, These little streets here, where the local shops are, where you can find a lot of these souvenirs too. paintings. And here we see people actually approaching them, okay? Because it’s normal, they want to sell. And the interesting thing is that along this path we can already see some styles of decorated doors, which is another very interesting attraction here. And something else interesting here is also… Stone Town, why the name Stone Town? The guide here was telling us that the buildings, Most of them were built with stones that were taken directly from the sea, corals and such, right? So here, for example, we see some of the stones that build this type of house. So, that’s why it’s called Stone Town. Then, we arrived at the central part of Stone Town, And this is where there are some businesses, there’s a kind of bar there too, a business. And the interesting thing here is this Jaws Corner advertisement. Here the guide was… the guide was at… explaining that it used to be broadcast, the only TV we had here was this one. So, to broadcast the television and having a point of reference, in the case of the movie Jaws, which was very widely publicized, And it was only here. So they nicknamed it, instead of just Jaws, which is the name of the movie Jaws, They put Jaws Corner because it’s right on this corner here. Oh, and the interesting thing here is that… It’s as if here, on this wall where they write over there, on your side, is where the day’s news is. So, if something happens, for example, someone dies, they put there, right, “so-and-so died.” person. So that’s the city newspaper. Exactly! And that’s quite curious. Another thing is because Here, women are not allowed to stand still in this area. It’s only for men. I don’t know why… But it’s one of his traditions, right? According to the story, the woman should already… Staying home to take care of the children. And here, showing a little bit of the doors we mentioned. It’s very interesting because each door has a different type of detail. These details here The skewers are influenced by Indian cuisine. Even this door here, we can see some details there. For example, animals. There’s a jaguar there, there’s some other animal, I can’t identify it right now. But it is the original door that was brought from India and is preserved to this day. Here lived… It was royalty at the time, around the 19th century, but today it’s also a normal residence, but It’s here, preserved to this day. He says some of these doors weigh more than half a ton as well. Because it’s made of solid wood, and all these carvings here, for example, this is handcrafted. Handcrafted. It’s very beautiful! And some of the decorative art here on the doors also shows… The style of the doors, in the case of the Arabs, the style of Zanzibar as well, and the Indians. Oh, this style of door here is already the Zanzibar style. Walking through these streets, you find many interesting things, including local craft shops. to take home as a souvenir. And here we are seeing the baobab fruit, which is prepared as If it were a gum. And the baobab fruit is the one that’s up there. So that’s what’s extracted. The seed that’s sold here in these little bags is extracted from the fruit, right? They cook it. I’m trying some dried mango here now. This one has a really good chili pepper flavor. It’s very good. It gives a nice little sting in the mouth for those who like chili peppers. And they say that… It stains the tongue too. I don’t know. Put it there. It’s really quite red. And here it’s also common to have a section in the middle that seems to be only for pedestrians. Motorcycles pass by all the time, they pass by. Lots of bicycles. So, like we see here, right? It’s normal. Someone comes honking and you have to move. Here we can still see some of the local businesses as well, which is what they sell. Here, right? To attract some tourists. We’re actually going to a market now that’s quite famous. Here, it’s like the municipal market. Let’s go and see for ourselves. Hello! Oh, we have bags here too. Beach towels. Here too. We already see these home decor styles here, which are plates, right? For decorating the wall. Handmade items. Here you’ll also find more of these beach wraps, towels, And here we see something funny too, because this is cat skin, you see? Cat fur. And I asked here now about the cat skin there in that way. Yes, It’s used for drums, to make drums, it’s for music, right? So here is the municipal market that we are looking at. It’s divided into four sections. Back there was the fish section. This one is for vegetables. And just a little further ahead there’s also a spice shop. We’re going there now. To see some of the spices, just like you already have. For example, this here is the fruit of the baobab tree. Where does that seed here, vanilla, come from? We’re looking here, Choosing some of the spices to buy, there’s so much… there’s so much variety here. 150 shillings… 150.000 shillings. That’s… about 70 dollars. We bought some spices there, some seasonings too, flavored coffee, vanilla, chocolate. …and other very interesting spices too. They’re in the bag, we’ll show you later. Everything you bought and the total value of all of this here as well. What’s interesting here is… The thing is, when you get to the store, no, usually the price isn’t displayed there, right? It’s more the basis of the negotiation. You arrive, choose a quantity of products, and he gives you the price. So you can’t get the price right away. You really have to negotiate. We’re with a guide, right? Today, the guide helped us get a good price there, a good deal. And that’s it. We bought even more baobab candies there. We negotiated quite a bit and got a good price. We ended up with 35 shillings, two units from a large package. We realized we didn’t have enough shillings. We also gave them a euro note to make it equivalent, right? And everything was fine. They are very friendly and Good deal. It was worth it. The negotiation went smoothly, although the traffic here is kind of chaotic. So, We have to be careful because cars are coming from everywhere, right? So it’s kind of crazy here. Okay, so we’re leaving the hotel now, the one over there, the Smiles, right? And we’re going to walk a little. Here outside the hotel, so we can explore this area a little and show you what it’s like. That’s outside the hotel, including the streets. We walk around a bit here. Yes, generally those are the… The streets are more enclosed, already the local residences of people near the hotel. And this part where it is… The hotel is also in one of the most touristy areas here in Zanzibar, so it’s much more common than In other places, you see more tourists walking around the streets outside the hotel. And here we… In these little streets, we see more commerce, more local things, you know, local crafts. Exactly! And the edge right there where we are, you know, at our hotel, that whole point, it really predominates. There are large hotel chains there, where they take advantage of the beautiful views and the beautiful waters. There, they’ll have their hotels. As we go further in, we start to see… The places, which is where we are now. Yes, and right over here, there are already… Small shops, like I said, sell clothes, souvenirs, right? Uh, really local things. And now we’re going to continue walking through these little streets. There’s a small market here. We’re already out front with some products there. We’re going to stop by to show you some. People are already leaving their tuk-tuks over here, right? which also serves as transportation here on the island to move from one side to the other of It’s also a more efficient way, especially since the traffic here is a bit chaotic. And here we are, walking through the little market, showing you some of the products. that the staff sells. This area is quite busy too, not only with tourists but also with locals. They pass through here too. Another interesting thing here is that the traffic is the opposite, Like in England, right? So the steering wheel is on the right and that’s how you drive on the street. Of course, it’s the opposite. So, go outside the hotel and pay a little attention to that, Because sometimes you get so used to normal traffic, right? You get here, Sometimes we get a little confused. And we keep walking around here a bit in these little shops, In these markets. Look how big this giraffe is! Huge giraffe, giraffe in Wood. A sculpture that they also make by hand, right? They have other products there too. And we’ve already seen the price of some things there, some that we’ve already stopped at. That’s what we… He even asked why we wanted to sell a giraffe on the beach, which I thought was pretty, decorative, and that’s all. which was very expensive for the price he was setting. I think it was so he could profit along with the… vendor at the stall, because usually those gentlemen who walk on the beach, they… They take them to these stalls and try to sell them. And here I’ve already noticed a significant difference; the price is much lower than normal. Let’s say, both for, both for clothes, that sarong, right, beach cover-up, uh, he made 20 shillings, Right? Yeah, it’s less than €10, right? Yesterday they wanted to sell that one with the rose for €30, so who… If you want to do your shopping, come here to this central area where all the people are. From the island that already has the final seller, right? Instead of trying on the beach, it’s much more expensive. Yeah, Here we also see fruits and vegetables at those stalls next door. Including the avocados they sell here. It’s very good. Uh, we tried it in a salad we had at a restaurant today. The avocado was really delicious. The background music you’re listening to is probably because it’s already 6 o’clock. It’s late, and since this is a Muslim country, that’s the time when Muslims have their [ceremony/religion/etc.]. Their prayer, right? So that’s the music playing in the background. And now back to the hotel, how We promised we’d show you those things we bought at the market downtown, right? from the stone city. And look, for example, we picked two types of peppers, right? Two types of Coffee with flavor, right? Coffee with mango flavor, coffee with vanilla flavor too. We even have cocoa powder here. Mango essence, vanilla essence, and this vanilla bean, look how cool! He said I could choose a gift, and it was this vanilla tea. So, everything here ended up as I said, 147,000 shillings, which, after conversion, came to about… People charged €53 to my card. What do you think, did we pay a good price or not? It’s worth remembering… Also, a vanilla bean like that is quite expensive here, right? If you’re in Brazil, you know how expensive it is. And it’s also difficult to find a vanilla bean. So, tell me what your opinion is. Regarding the price, did you think it was cheap or expensive? Leave a comment below, and also leave a like on the video. And don’t forget to follow us in our upcoming videos, where we’ll also show you… A general overview of the beaches here, the most beautiful beaches, right? Until next time! Until next time!

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Neste vídeo, levamos vocês para um passeio inesquecível por Zanzibar! Começamos nossa aventura na histórica Prison Island (Ilha da Prisão), onde conhecemos as famosas tartarugas gigantes e exploramos as ruínas que serviram como estação de quarentena.

Depois, seguimos para Nakupenda Beach, um banco de areia incrível que só aparece quando a maré está baixa. Explicamos o significado do nome “Nakupenda” (Eu Te Amo) e mostramos a realidade por trás das fotos do Instagram, com o almoço de frutos do mar e a movimentação local.

O dia continua em Stone Town (Cidade de Pedra), explorando a Fortaleza antiga , a Casa das Maravilhas (primeira a ter eletricidade na África!) e, claro, a casa onde nasceu o lendário Freddie Mercury, da Banda Queen. Finalizamos com dicas valiosas de compras, negociação de preços e um tour pelo mercado de especiarias.

Assista até o final para ver quanto pagamos nas lembrancinhas e especiarias!.

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Tour por Zanzibar: www.yazantours.co.tz

Neste vídeo você vai ver:

🐢 Curiosidades e preços da Prison Island.
🏖️ A beleza (e o calor) de Nakupenda Beach.
🏛️ A rica história e arquitetura de Stone Town.
🛒 Dicas de como negociar preços nos mercados locais.

Use os capítulos abaixo para navegar pelo vídeo:

00:00 – Introdução e a maré em Zanzibar
00:16 – Chegada à Prison Island (Ilha da Prisão)
00:51 – Quanto custa a entrada na Ilha?
01:13 – A história dos escravos e a quarentena
02:26 – Conhecendo as Tartarugas Gigantes
06:00 – Indo para Nakupenda Beach (A ilha do “Eu Te Amo”)
06:45 – Almoço no banco de areia: Realidade vs. Instagram
09:08 – Explorando Stone Town: A Fortaleza
10:17 – A Casa das Maravilhas (House of Wonders)
11:13 – Visita à Casa de Freddie Mercury
12:56 – As famosas portas de Zanzibar e arquitetura
13:39 – Jaws Corner: O “jornal” da cidade
16:58 – Mercado Municipal e compras de artesanato
18:03 – Comprando especiarias locais
20:12 – Passeio fora do hotel: Vida local e trânsito
23:06 – Dica: Preços na praia vs. Preços na cidade
24:28 – Haul de compras: O que compramos e quanto custou?

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