South Africa – The Garden Route and Wild Coast What we did We flew into East London (the South African town, we aren’t in England all of a sudden!) where we picked up a hire car and drove an hour up the coast to Chinsta, where we spent 3 nights at Buccaneers backpackers. We wereContinue reading “Week 11”
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Week 10
Zambia and Zimbabwe What we did This week features the second half of our massive overland journey from Tanzania to South Africa, so we spent a lot of our time this week on very slow trains and buses. Having arrived in Lusaka late on Sunday night, we got up on Monday morning and decided toContinue reading “Week 10”
Week 9
Tanzania – Zanzibar and Tazara What we did We started this week with four nights at Nungwi beach on the northern tip of Zanzibar. We spent our days lazing on the pure white sand and swimming in the crystal clear waters of the most beautiful beach we’ve ever seen in our lives. Every evening weContinue reading “Week 9”
Week 8
Tanzania – Zanzibar What we did Bit of a combination of week 7 and 8 here as we’ve been a touch shellshocked after Kilimanjaro and just needed some rest and recovery. Thankfully, we have been in the perfect place for just that – Zanzibar. After leaving Moshi via bus on the Saturday before last, weContinue reading “Week 8”
Week 7
Kilimanjaro It’s taken us a little while to put our experience climbing Kilimanjaro down in writing. Post-Kili we were both utterly exhausted and a little shellshocked. We’d heard that trekkers often say they find climbing Kilimanjaro much easier than they expected, until suddenly it gets much harder than they expected. That seems to be aContinue reading “Week 7”
Week 6
Serengeti Safari Well it’s been quite a while since we put one of these up! But boy do we have some stories to share! This is the first of three posts, as we felt we really had to cover the Serengeti and our climb up Mt Kilimanjaro in separate posts. So, let’s start with theContinue reading “Week 6”
Week 5
Kenya and Tanzania What we did Happy New Year!! 2020 has started off with some amazing experiences for us. However it has been impossible to take our minds off the tragedy befalling our beautiful home in Australia. The reports we’ve been hearing from family, friends and on the news have been devastating. It is surrealContinue reading “Week 5”
Week 4
Uganda and Kenya What we did We began the week in Kampala, with Tim just having recovered from his tummy bug. On Monday we did the ‘Big Kampala Walking Tour’ with a local guide (Joan). We explored the chaotic streets of downtown Kampala and took in the sights, sounds and smells of the main cityContinue reading “Week 4”
Week 3
Rwanda and Uganda What we did A bit of a laid-back vibe to this past week, as we spent most of it chilling out at Itambira Island on Lake Bunyonyi. We crossed the land border from Rwanda into Uganda on Monday, which was a bit of a struggle to figure out. Tensions have been highContinue reading “Week 3”
Week 2
Rwanda Our past week has been a real opportunity to get more familiar with the expression – T.I.A (This Is Africa). The week began with the discovery that our Airbnb had bedbugs… this probably should have been apparent sooner as Kirsten was waking up each day with more and more itchy red bites, but sheContinue reading “Week 2”
Dinky-Di Duo 