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
We’ve just had an update from our website hosting provider and they confirm we’ve had over 9,700 separate people view our little blog and over 67,000 hits. Wow. Shocked and stunned. We know one or two diehard pals like Judith … Continue reading
Leaving Uganda was tough. We knew it would be tough because we’ve made so many friends and had such a great time with the Fuel Briquette team that it was hard to drag ourselves away. The quantity and quality of … Continue reading
There’s a difference between ‘need’ and ‘want’. Families may want a television, but they need efficient, environmentally sound, faster, cheaper, less health-damaging ways of cooking (which may take up around 6 hours of the typical day). Women here don’t mind … Continue reading
It’s been pretty manic the last few weeks in the Southern Rwenzori Mountains. We’ve spent about 30% our time in Kasese at the AmahaWe Uganda (AWU) office working with the team to develop their document systems and project plans, since … Continue reading
Gareth & Kirsty arrived briefly at Karen Camp, Nairobi and it was good to see them again. They’d been hanging around trying to get Visas for Ethiopia and had finally got a flat ‘NO!” The same answer they got in … Continue reading
Leaving Snake Park Camp for Ngorongoro Crater we briefly met a German family who recently flew their bike and home-made sidecar into Mombassa and are heading south. Nice guys, but they’ve got a real task on their hands – they’ve … Continue reading
We only had a day before our Malawi Visas expired, so drove 160km north up the lake to the Songwe Bridge border with Tanzania. A good road, but pretty slow due to the heavy rain and a number of slow … Continue reading
The Kande Beach campsite wasn’t as picturesque as Makuzi, but being on flat ground, meant that at least it drained well. They also have a nice bar on the beach itself. It turned out that we were fortunate to have … Continue reading
Very disappointed to leave Wildlife Camp at South Luangwa. it probably rates in our Top 5 so far. However, we were Malawi bound. 180km or so back to Chipata, on the best road we’ve driven in Africa (probably because it’s … Continue reading