27 - Zanzibar, Tanzania

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The Z's right in the courtyard of the House of Wonders (Beit al-Ajab), so-called because of its early use of exterior lighting (the better for the Sultan to impress his Sultanate). Now it houses a museum, which, alas, I wasn't able to visit a few years back in '99 — if it'd even existed then. The park between the House of Wonders and the waterfront is home to all manner of tasty seaside vended-food, come nightfall.