The tide is out. The shallows hold the sky.
This is one imagined corner of Zanzibar - not a map, and not a travel guide. The real archipelago sits off the Tanzanian coast; its reefs, forests and Stone Town reward slow looking.
Drag the water or the sand to look all the way around. Arrow keys look around too. Choose a chapter below, or swipe within its navigation strip. Tap the dhow, the door or the colobus - or follow the invitation beneath each scene. Escape closes these notes.
Sources for the small facts: UNESCO on Stone Town, Smithsonian on monsoon dhows, the Zanzibar red colobus. Original procedural artwork and music. No tracking. Music starts only when you ask.
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