There's more to Zanzibar than Zanzibar Island. There are the other Zanzibar islands!

True, places like Snake Island, Mafia Island, Prison Island and Uzi Island don't sound particularly hospitable, but like Zanzibar itself most have a rich, curdled and exotic history of piracy, slave trading, sultans, mad British explorers, naval bombardments and buried treasure . . .

Not to mention beaches, palms, incandescent sunsets all ringed by the Indian Ocean at its most beautiful -- clear, blue green, the sort of liquid emerald that means tour brochure printers don't have to touch up cover photos at all. (That must be a pleasant change for the cheating swine!)