Africa
Africa is one of the most raw and fascinating continents on the planet. A place where lions and elephants from free. Where tribes and traditions still exist as they have from thousands of years. A landscape that’s as diverse as it is intimidating. This is Africa. Everyone should visit this continent at least once in their lives.
Dar Es Salaam to Kathmandu – A Slight Change Of Plans
We had one more day in Dar Es Salaam before flying out (very convolutedly) to Nepal. Even though we had this flight booked 6 months in advance, we still managed to royally screw it up. We were to fly from Dar Es Salaam to Johannesburg to Mumbai to Delhi to Kathmandu, 28 hours of flying. ...
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Nairobi, Moshi, Dar es Salaam & Zanzibar – A Small Island With Big Flavour
After a very eventful five days in the Masai Mara, we packed up our gear and were on our way back to Nairobi. We spent one more day in the country’s capital before making our way back to Tanzania. We had read online and in our guidebook that the bus from Nairobi, Kenya to Moshi, ...
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Safari in The Masai Mara, Kenya: Our Quest For The Big 5
“Everything in Africa bites, but the safari bug is worst of all.” – Brian Jackman [2004 Travel Writer of the Year] When we were planning our budget Masai Mara safari in Kenya, the thought remained in the back of our heads that it was going to cost us a lot of money and we had ...
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Lamu Island & Nairobi, Kenya – Stepping Back In Time
“A man without a donkey, is a donkey”- Swahili proverb Sometimes during travel our desire to see a particular city or country overtakes our common sense and we find ourselves in possibly dangerous situations. We were on our way to the Lamu Archipelago, the same chain of islands where a few weeks earlier a British ...
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Mombasa & Malindi, Kenya: The Coast and Crazy People
We were planning to first go to Zanzibar Island and then head up to Kenya, but after looking at the weather forecast on the coast we decided to switch our plans to avoid the heavy rainfall on our would be beach holiday. We booked the safari for a week sooner and headed to Mombasa, Kenya ...
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Cape Maclear, Mzuzu, Kyela & Dar Es Salaam – The Ups And Downs of African Travel
Feeling like I was on the mend, we left Cape Maclear at around 5:30 am. We boarded the back of a jam-packed pickup truck for the bumpy 1.5 hour ride to Monkey Bay. From Monkey Bay we boarded a big bus to Salima. The ride was about 4 hours and while I had a pretty ...
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