There are places you visit, and there are places that visit you — softly, silently, and forever. The Island Pongwe Lodge belongs to the second kind. Floating just off Zanzibar’s east coast, this tiny tidal islet feels less like a hotel and more like a secret the sea decided to share. Visible only when the tide withdraws and surrounded entirely by water when it rises, The Island is a living rhythm — a dance between ocean and sky. You reach it by boat, gliding over a lagoon so