I get a lot of emails asking about my Africa travel budget, so it's probably about time I did one!
I think a lot of people are put off travelling in Africa b... Read More...
I am always on the lookout for the coolest and most unique places to stay wherever I visit and when I arrived in Zanzibar I was ready for a little... Read More...
The Rock Zanzibar.
The Rock Zanzibar is one of the most iconic restaurants in the world and after 5 long weeks of overlanding, camping and public buses thro... Read More...
It's 5.30am in Zanzibar. I awake to the sound of the call to prayer from the nearby mosque.
Stone Town, I've missed you.
The Zanzibar Archipelago lies... Read More...
“There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows, and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne - bubbling allover with he... Read More...
I've mentioned before why I decided to travel, but I'm not sure I fully explained why I travelled to Africa, or more specifically, Tanzania on my first ever sol... Read More...
"You know you are truly alive when you're living among lions." (Karen Blixen)
* WARNING: There are a lot of cute lion pictures in this post!
When I'm on ... Read More...
“I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.” (Karen Blixen)
I couldn't stop myself from smili... Read More...
When I first decided to travel to Africa, visiting an African tribe was one of the main things I really wanted to do.
For as long as I can remember, I've... Read More...
I'm a big fan of train travel and the Tazara train between Zambia and Tanzania is one of my favourite and most challenging journeys to date.
The bus from Lu... Read More...
I'd been in Zambia for just over a month and my volunteering placement on the Book Bus had come to an end. I still had five weeks until my Kilimanjaro climb, so... Read More...
So where was I? Oh yes, part way up the highest mountain in Africa, covered in my own vomit...
Day 3
Exhausted and weak after a night of hell, I forced do... Read More...
It was mid-July. I’d spent a month volunteering in the coastal town of Bagamoyo, former capital and once very important trading hub throughout 19th century due ... Read More...
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