Africa Travel Blogs - Page 2

st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } I started out this journey with the belief that every town has something unique and interesting to be discovered. So far, I have always found this to be true.  However, it's also true that some of these "discoveries" are much more interesting than…

I actually did not have any plans to go back to South Africa again but after I found a plane ticket with Lufthansa going to Joburg at rock bottom price I figured it was a sign that I should go once more and find some big animals to look at for a bit of time. Hence I got the ticket without much …

We capped off our time in Dahab with some more swimming and snorkeling and a farewell dinner with Bob.  Our flight out today meant time to part ways.  Dahab was a really fun place.  It is pretty small, so you get to know people quickly.  In fact, the owner of one of the bars gav…

We stowed all our gear into the back of our minivan tour bus and left our hotel in the morning and stopped at Cape Spartal, which is Africa's most north-westerly point and stopped at a cave/grotto. We then headed south and stopped at the seaside village of Asilah, an old Portuguese Atlantic port. W…

Well, I have finished my Morocco journey and I cannot wait to get back to Europe (though Morocco was quite spectacular).  It was definately a bit of a culture shock. The top things I will remember about Morocco: 1.  The VERY persistent men and their interesting expressions of approval t…

We landed early in Nairobi, before sunrise, so it was not much to see. Only two hours to my next flight to Lilongwe, Malawi. As we went through the gate my seat was changed and this time NOT for the better. I was looking forward to my A seat, so I could get a good view of Mt Kilimanjaro. But that w…

My proclivity for traveling started at an early age, and the one destination that always enchanted me--even at that early age--was Africa; particularly an African safari.  Somehow I knew that my travel resumé would be inadequate unless I donned a downturn brim, safari khak…

This is another long journal entry but it was an awsome day   Today was the most amazing day ever it even I think it may even beat the gorillas just. I was awake at 3.15 am and up at 3.45 am. I went and had a wash to wake up a bit. And went to the truck and then Sue turned up and told me tha…

Had a walk to the Company Garden, to the Waterfront and to Bo Kaap, the malay quarter of Cape Town. Eugene was an excellent guide.

I’ll be going back to Malawi in the end of this year and I’m already really excited about it. My friend who is leading one school, asked me if I could lead a team to Malawi and after few days I said yes. It’s so exciting to take a team with me and show them how life looks in Malawi. It’s li…

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia)Arriving into Nuweiba port at 09.00, was more than 5 hours later than we had expected, but on the plus side it was daylight and there were taxis to take us to the town. I made a beeline for the nearest ATM and stood in bewild…

DXB - ADD This was the third leg of our trip: the first being Phoenix - New York, the second was New York - Dubai, and this Dubai - Addis Ababa and finally we will leave Addis Ababa - Entebbe. The hotel wake-up call came through promptly at 6:00 a.m. I was awake two hours earlier unable to sleep d…

I can’t believe I almost gave Table Mountain a miss. I was umm-ing and ahh-ing about paying 85 Rand to see it, but it turned out to be worth every cent. I went up the mountain by cable car at about 9.30 am and didn’t come back down ‘til 2 pm and even then, I didn’t really want to leave. &n…

I was fascinated by Egypt long before I ever dreamt of travelling. When I was growing up I lived in the more affluent residential areas of my home town of Kampala.  Kampala is said to sit on seven hills (some refer to it as the city in the prophesies, I don't know about that), infact ther…

Arriving at the airport was no problem.  The airport is small and easy to navigate, the signs are in English, and you can exchange your dollars for cedis.  I, along with fellow volunteers that I met on the airplane, met with our program coordinator, Yao.  It was relieving to see him …