Nanzhila seemed to be a hit with Philip, Caroline & Muriel, but the fairly gruelling trip to get there, the remote wilderness environment, the principle of being ‘far from help’ and the game wandering around the camp at all hours … Continue reading
Jack & Irene (our pals up in Scotland) will be livid with me for not writing a blog for the last couple of weeks. Helene’s brother Philip, his wife Caroline and her aunt Muriel have arrived from Scotland to travel … Continue reading
All too soon we had to leave Hwange and head back to Victoria Falls. Just time for 1 last sundowner at the Ivory Lodge elephant hide. It’s pretty easy to lose a whole day there, watching the elephants, occasional giraffe, … Continue reading
We’ve had no wifi for 2 weeks so it’s been difficult to stay in touch. However, it’s been quite an eventful period all in all. Pals Judith & Tamsin arrived in Livingstone after a 15-hour delay to their flight from … Continue reading
I couldn’t get over how good the road was down through the centre of Tanzania. On our original entry, from Mbeya to Dar Es Salam it was appalling. Maybe I’d have to take back all my curses at Tanzanian roads … Continue reading
We’ve been pretty much stranded at Mwanza Yacht Club. The view may look like an expensive, shabby-chic area of the South of France… …but when you look closely, these guys aren’t paying $2m+ for some trendy old hillside cottage… Had … Continue reading
Leaving Rwanda we drove a scenic, beautifully tarred, 120km road to the Rusumo Falls border with Tanzania. Speed limits here are very low – typically 40kph and 60kph on occasional roads, so it’s still a 3 hour drive. We got … Continue reading
There’s nowhere to camp in Kigali, Rwanda. Actually, there’s probably only a handful of places in the whole country. We ended up with the rooftent pitched on the driveway of a B&B in the city that advertises camping (called TR … Continue reading
It was time to move on from Kasese. Either side of flying home for Charlie’s wedding, we had been in Kasese District for about 5 months and leaving was a bit of a wrench. Having had so much warm hospitality … Continue reading
For the Fuel Briquette training day at the AmahaWe Uganda library we hired Rachel & her colleague Leo from Afode (a local WWF sponsored NGO) who have been using a steel briquette press of Tanzanian design. We brought about 30 … Continue reading