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The Serengeti
The Serengeti Plains – one of the last true natural wonders on earth. Famed for the world´s greatest mammal migration but also home to the highest concentration of animals species anywhere in the world. The incredible diversity and abundance of wildlife here is breathtaking. But beyond all that, its sheer scale is staggering. It is…
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A Familiar Road Trip
So now you know everything. The last six months of our lives had not just been full of African travels, they had also been full of UniMogs. In our last African post we left you with me in tears feeling like the world was coming to an end because we were not just leaving Africa…
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An Apocolypse of the Mind
In our attempts to keep away from the protests currently rocking Kenya, we had ended up right in the middle of them Surrounded by fire, protestors and the military, we were seriously shaken The young men who had surrounded Henry appeared to be genuinely trying to help us but with tensions high it wouldn´t take…
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Fire and Brimstone
The Masai lands of the Shompole Conservancy were an untouched paradise. We had spent just over a day there with our fabulous guide Joseph and were settling into the simple life with enthusiasm We drove behind Joseph on his motorbike but whilst parts of the landscape were beautiful with flowing yellow grasses Other parts were…
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The Real Out of Africa
Nairobi is, apparently, one of the greenest cities in Africa. It has a lot of public forests as well as the Nairobi National Park. I am also told that it is great for shopping, arts and culture, restaurants and night life. Kenya´s capital city is also nick-named Nai-robbery and is a hot-bed of violence and…
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The Beginning of the End?
We had seen Shoebills and hot springs, Gorillas and crater lakes. We had gone from the bustling capital city of Kampala to the serene swamps of Entebbe via the equator. Uganda is a remarkable country and we were lapping it up. We could have stayed for months but time was ticking on and we had…
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A Feast for the Senses
Kampala was a noisy, busy, chaotic city We were having to carefully plan our route wherever we wanted to go as driving through the traffic was a slow and, frankly, nerve-wracking experience But the city was packed full of interesting buildings and fascinating history and we were enjoying every minute We had already seen palaces,…
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Impenetrable Gorillas
I had been awake since 3:30am watching the clock. Eventually my alarm went off at 5:45am and I leapt out of bed in the pitch dark with a big grin on my face. Today was gorilla day! By the time I was up, dressed and down at the lodge, Moses had already printed our permits…
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Finding Utopia
After a long wait to see whether we could get gorilla permits, the public holidays were finally over and Moses was all set to drive into town to see what he could sort out for us. So we gave 5.5 million Ugandan Shillings in cash to someone we had only met two days before and…
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The Pearl of Africa
We were feeling rather schizophrenic. Rwanda was a breath-takingly, jaw-droppingly spectacular country and my heart races even now when I think back on our time there. But it was also small and after only two weeks we were running out of things to do. Unlike Namibia, Rwanda did not feel like home so we weren´t…
The Sidetracked Sagas 