Africa Travel Blogs - Page 4

Up before the sun rose and we all gathered round in the camp, and got our gear together. The camels were already saddled and we were told to mount up. Everybody tried to find the camel they had come on. Amazing how quickly emotional attachments form. Found out later about half the group had given t…

A day on the road. No, that's not correct. A day in the air. We were picked up by the younger brother of Ny. They almost looked like twins. When we reached the airport, the doors were locked from inside. We did had to wait long to understand why. Starting in the end of a queu, lots of salesmen were…

Ok, it's been a while, I have a lot of cathing up to do on my blogging... But here we go! Dar es Salaam, "Haven of Peace". I'm not so sure about that, I've seen quieter places for sure! Got to the airport, hurried trough immigration got our backpacks and ran outside to find a toilet (You might nee…

After 9 hours journey the plane landed on Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi Kenya. For 2 hours there's nothing to do apart from wandering around at the airport lounge corridor having look around at touristy stuff.

Today we spent our time at the beach. just hanging around in the sun.in the afternoon i went back to the divingschool to get my equipment and hung it out in the bathroom to dry  After  we took a shower we went for diner to the Grillhouse. The food was great and tasted well. After we wer…

This was a beautiful place to watch the sun set. table mountain was stunning as the city sat below it. The sand was clean, but the water was very cold. People were out doing this thing called kite surfing. Was the most interesting thing to see. We watched as these guys jumped way up into the air ov…

        My 2nd day in Ghana began early. The hotels driver, Edmund, and i were to search for the Mauritanian embassy so as to save me some trouble when (if) i arrived there. After clocking up a few miles we lost heart and took a break-neck spin around Accra with plenty…

Day 8, Marsa Alam, Egypt After getting all of our stuff out of the room we waited in the lobby for the bus to pick us up and take us to the airport. On the way to the airport we passed a truck that was loaded with dromeday camels. Such a funny sight! It had been a great week and I was so happy to …

Had a quick look at the shops and Dad bought a CD, then went through to our gate. Got a few messages from Susan which was nice - they're in Jo'burg and she has a few days off before heading back as the found another cook for the Zambia-Kenya trip. Our flight took off at 12:40am, this time on time t…

After all, I did not need an alarm clock at all. In the room next to me, someone was really noisy busy waken up. This was not coincidence, it was Dion. Which is a character by itself, we will see later. Taking a shower and walking relaxed to the Cape Towns University cantine, I discovered I was nev…

Back in the other world again then...The one of sweaty long rides and roadside life. After Albu feira we rode to Gibraltar and then took a boat to Ceuta and crossed into Morocco.  In Portugal i did my first proper beachride. We waited until the evening for the tide to go out and then did an …

Egypt-a country of ancient world and mysterious Pyramids.

Nador to  Ifrane (Just outside Fes) 450 miles This was a bit of a nightmare day. |Not how I expected to spend my first day in Morocco. Two other teams decided to go to a garage to fix their cars. We thought we would go along and ask about our broken window. We ended up sitting around until g…

We first went to the Cairo  Museum and saw statues, royal mummies, and King Tut's gold laden sarcophagus and all the treasures found in his tomb that were not on tour. Ridiculously unbelievable! It pretty much occupied the half of the 2nd floor of the museum! Then off we were to the pyramids …

After struggling for ages for a place to go on holiday, my friend had the idea of going to Africa! As you can imagine I was slightly dubious about gong here but after she showed me the tours we could do I was really excited! We booked the overland tour with African Trails (www.africantrails.co…