{"id":492,"date":"2012-05-07T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2012-05-07T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T06:00:43","slug":"oh-how-we-love-you-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/07\/oh-how-we-love-you-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh how we LOVE you Zanzibar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Zanzibar is certainly one of my top destinations to travel. The turquoise waters, fine white sand, historical buildings and narrow alleyways, busy markets and friendly people, really is a true wonder of its own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As you weave in and out of the markets dodging motor bikes and cycles the sights and sounds attack your senses. 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