smell.feel.taste

abeid's spice farm isn't like the manicured government plantation 

across the road. lucky for us. 

we smelled, we tasted, we guessed.

he quizzed us at the end.

spice island - zanzibar. 

one of the few places in the world where saffron is grown.

i like that detail.

1. the place 2. cloves 3. the man 4. eating pomelos and a jack fruit tree (of which i am no longer afraid - tasty) 5. green coffee 6. star fruit 7. eda and mila admire their jewelry 8. a spice meal 9. i still dream of this bowl 10. support your local women's cooperative

alitupa zawadi

i recently ran off for a three-day trip to Zanzibar

that turned into a week.

my journey was made possible by a lovely little family

of a friend, Zoe, who i studied with "en France"

all those years ago. 

thank you for taking me in 

and giving me shelter.

and for the juice - all of the juice.

i'm going to post some more essays

from my time there.

but first, this thank you.

for Zoe, Shaaban, Mila and Eda