Africa

Zanzibar really was the ultimate last stop for the epic group tour through east Africa. I went out for an early morning coffee (and got absolutely soaked along the way, having to take my shoes off and walk barefoot around town). We took the shuttle bus over to our last stop, fun beach hotel in…

It’s off to Zanzibar for the final leg of the trip. First a few nights in Stone Town, then finishing up on the beaches of Zanzibar for our final night with the group. On the way towards Zanzibar we heard from the group who stayed back and opted for the drive to Zanzibar instead –…

We camped overnight in the Serengeti, it was pretty tame but there was an insane amount of bugs everywhere. We went on safari all day, and saw a lot of incredible animal scenes. We managed to see a jaguar at the very end of the day, then had a long and fast drive back over…

On Saturday 11th we headed into Tanzania, our first stop being Arusha – home of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. We were joined with some new travellers who were embarking on this leg of the tour with us. The accommodation was nice and so after a long bus ride and border crossing…

Yesterday we crossed back into Kenya and stayed at Greenwood’s lodge. An impromptu game of football broke out, which quickly became World XI vs. Kenya. It was one of those beautiful experiences where you realise you’re just a group of completely random humans who happen to have congregated in the same small patch of the…

On the 7th we were up early, and started making our way back to Jinja. The camp here is beautiful, and this afternoon we had an amazing cruise up the Nile river. Then we came back and kept drinking and chatting, but that’s all it is and I feel like I get bored sometimes when…

Yesterday, after Lake Bunyonyi we drope a few hours to Kalinzu Forest Reserve. It was raining pretty heavily, the bus was leaking water from the air conditioning vents, and at the next camp there were only a few upgrade rooms available. They were snapped up pretty quickly, and so the rest of us set up…

Today we visited Rwanda. As this was just a day trip from Bunyonyi, we were on a fairly tight schedule to make it across the boarder, spend a day visiting a few sites, then getting back across the border into our Uganda accommodation. The drive into Rwanda took a couple of hours, and it quickly…

We spent most of November 1st driving. We stopped at a local craft store for some good coffee, and as per a very loosely kept tradition, I bought a football shirt from a roadside shop, right next to the equator. Our accomodation in Bunyonyi had some fantastic views over Lake Bunyonyi, and the bar there…

Early start (4:30) today. We packed up our tents and then hit the road for Kampala, Uganda. A long day of driving (11 hours). We make a few stops, but there’s hours on end of driving in between. And it’s impossible to get a decent coffee anywhere. At 2pm we rolled into Java House which…