my kind of town London-based writer and journalist Alexander Frater has visited Stone Town, Zanzibar, many times. His latest book, Tales from the Torrid Zone, is published by Picador ( pounds 17.99)

The Sunday Telegraph London | September 12, 2004| | Copyright

Why Stone Town? It is one of the most extraordinary conurbations on earth, built by Arabs from Oman who - dressing every door in copper and brass, mixing their plaster with milk and eggs to give it a crushed pearl finish - created a tiny desert capital on a lush tropical island 22 miles off the African coast. They seem to have liked urban mazes, so getting lost is routine; each wrong turn, though, is likely to have you reaching for your camera.

What do you miss most when you are away? Sitting in a wind tower at sunset, drinking cold beer and watching the play of light on the roofs below - ...

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