Today got quite nasty! Things until now went quite well, but when something goes wrong…. Disaster! I woke up at 7:30am today, quite late if you co…

Last night I went to bed at 10pm and slept until today at 6:35am. Woaow! That is amazing considering I sleep an average of 5 and ½ hours a day! …

Last night we got back from Stone Town around 1am but I still woke up at 6:30am. It is difficult for me to sleep when I am so excited.  I swit…

As I have been telling you in my blog it is difficult to find single people in the Island. I personally went to a very nice hotel but full of old peo…

What a long day, and it has not finished yet! I woke up at 6:00 am to take some pictures on the beach. The view was just astonishing! As the sun st…

This is one of the nicest beach restaurants in the island. They have tables on the sand, fact that makes it really special. It is also a nice place t…

We got up at 5:30 am as our guide was picking us up at 6:30am to take us to the Airport. The flight was at 9:50 but you have to leave early just in…

7:30 am in Serena Lago Manyara. I am sitting on a hammock in the pool overseeing Lake Manyara. As I am writing, tons birds are all around and every…

This is the typical restaurant recommended in Nairobi. Everybody knows it. If a local person wants to have dinner there they pay almost 50US$ which i…

Mambo! (which means “whats happening doode!”) Today we woke up very early and left the hotel at 6am to get some pictures of the sun coming out! I…

This is a nice hotel indeed although not as nice as the other two Serena Lodges we have been already. I would say that the nicest Serena Lodge is Ngo…

For some reason I cannot sleep at nights. Most probably it is due to the excitement! I got up at 5:30 am, took a shower and walked around the hotel…

There is just one thing I couldn´t do in my trip to Tanzania and that I regret so much! The Balloon Safari! There is just one place where you can do…

Jambo! What a magnificient day we had! Today we were leaving Ngorongoro and going to Serengeti. By the way, its real name is Siringet, a Masai word w…

Awesome hotel! it is 100% nature! in fact they make you call reception if you want to move out from your room as there is a risk of finding wild anim…

Habari! Napapenda hapa! (Hello, I love it here!) As you can see I am already half  Masai! I bought a Swahili phrasebook by lonely planet and I�…

This hotel is superb. I would not be able to choose between Ngorongoro and Serengeti, as both are amazing! Do not miss the sunset, and if you want t…

Eventhough this is totally up to you, I will give you a couple of hints. Most people in Tanzania and Kenia are very poorly paid. They get an average …

There are 4 beers in Africa (Tusker in Kenya and in Tanzania you have Kilimanjaro, Safari, Serengeti and Serengeti Premium). The best one is Serenget…

Eventhough you can pay with dollars in most of the places, it is recomendable to get some local coin. Depending where you are, sometimes they charge …

It always happens something funny to me. Our tour guide told us the sun came out at 5:30 so I got up at 5 am, took a fast shower and went running to …

Visito to Aboseli Park

I have been staying in Serena Lodges, which are considered one of the best hotels in Tanzania and the Internet connection you can get is very basic. …

We woke up at 6:30 am and we had a nice breakfast in the cafeteria. At 7:30 am our guide came to pick us up. We had one of those minivans to drive al…

This is the nicest hotel we have been in Africa although we were not very lucky. The hotel was overbooked so we could not stay in a standard room. Ac…

I usually organize all my trips by my own, buying the plane tickets through the Internet and booking all hotels directly. This time I just thought i…

This is one of the best hotels in Nairobi. This city is quite dangerous, so it is recommendable to go to a nice hotel. It is a 5 star hotel, although…

When I plan a trip I adjust my kit bag accordingly, so for this trip I included the following equipment:-MacBook-Canon 30D-Two lenses: Canon 17-85 IS…

Most electrical appliances have a converter that ranges from 110 to 240 wats, so you dont need anything but an adapter. I always travel with 2 intern…

-In regards to Shillings. Tanzanian chillings are quite easy to understand, as 10US$ is like 12 Tanzanian Chillings. In Kenya works different. You ha…

. I would say that to buy souvenirs in Tanzania is like a sport! It is fun as hell. One tourist explained to me that once he was buying some souvenir…