Traveling with Bibi
AFTER THE ANTA
AROUND WITH ANNAMARIA
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Welcome to Easy Travel hosting! The origin of yours fascinated us a lot "nickname" Bibi, which also gives your blog its name. You could talk about it?
First of all, thank you for this interview. My name is Annamaria Pozzobon, to 58 years and I have been living in Africa for several years, in Zanzibar to be exact, where I deal with tourism. I have always loved Africa, travel and write.
Therefore, opening my own blog gave me the opportunity to combine these passions of mine. The choice of blog was born after following a travel blogging course where Easy Travel Hosting was recommended, because it makes use of renewable energies and therefore contributes to respecting the environment.
I caught the jump ball! The name of my blog had been blending me in my head for a while.
As you have understood, I am a woman who overcome the doors, So much above the average of Travel Bloggers, which is wandering on 30/ 40 years.
Here in Zanzibar where I live I am designated with the title of Bibi, who in the language Swahili means a woman in there with the years, nonna, woman of a certain age worthy of respect, wise.
Sometimes when they call me that I pretend to offend myself, Because in my heart I always feel like a girl! With us in Italy I would also be called "Tardona"!
Seriously the name of the blog ”traveling with Bibi” I think I fit by brush.
My idea is to write about travel, encouraging women of a certain age to leave. But I also interview women who inspire me with their art, their experiences, their culture.
And I invent interviews with women from the past who are particular and extraordinary in their own way, also trying to rehabilitate them and make them seen from a different perspective than how they have always been presented to us.
Women's stories, a very important part of your blog. You live in Africa, what is the situation of women on this continent?
Talking about the condition of women in Africa means opening an immense chapter, because each country is a cosmos in its own right.
From my experience here in Zanzibar I can say that the condition of women is not easy.
It is a very different culture from ours. Especially here in the shamba ( small fishing villages immersed in the tropical forest) women take care of all the household tasks: Husband, casa, many children, extended families.
They are often the only ones who provide for the family, as husbands have more than one wife, little money and many mouths to feed. It is not uncommon for women to also raise the children of relatives.
Little schooling, medical care almost non-existent, not very high life expectancy.
If they are not married, they have no children and a husband who supports them, they truly live on the margins of society.
In cities, women are more likely to go to school and perhaps find a job, even in the many hotels or government offices, thus contributing to family well-being.
In short, albeit mistreated, the woman is the backbone of the African family and ultimately of society.
We feel it is right to ask, how come Zanzibar?
I have always wanted to come to Africa since I was a child. I have always had Africa in my heart, I don't know why. Maybe I was African in another life!
I don't like the cold and winter and I'm very meteorological. So when a Tour Operator proposed me to come to Zanzibar for work, I said yes without hesitation.
I subsequently found work in other hotels and for several years I have been working for an Italian company that owns various structures. I love living warm and outdoors wearing light clothes and slippers.
Here in Zanzibar the philosophy of life is polepole hakuna matata, slowly without worries. Sometimes I say too much.
In fact, on the one hand it's nice to slow down, sometimes the phlegm here is unnerving and nothing works as it should.
But we are in Africa, or not?
What is the waste disposal situation like?, recycling and pollution in Zanzibar?
Here a painful chapter opens as the government does little for waste disposal.
In recent years, thanks to mass tourism, waste production has increased exponentially. With open-air landfills and a bit of waste’ everywhere.
Fortunately, there is a private company that does separate waste collection in hotels, which we also benefit from.
Since it's an expensive thing, many hoteliers prefer to pretend nothing has happened and throw their rubbish into illegal landfills.
It's really a shame.
Since last year many structures here in Jambiani have been paying people to keep clean what is one of the longest beaches in Zanzibar with its 6 kilometers. The difference can be seen!
Then there are NGOs that, for example, recycle glass, transforming it into very nice furnishing objects, also employing disabled people.
And a private company that has started recycling PET plastic into tables, villages, clocks, key rings as well as Christmas trees.
What everyone should do, locals and expats, it's being educated to respect this beautiful island we call home, reducing waste and pollution!
Easy Travel Hosting Thanks a lot Annamaria for showing us his Africa.
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