Africa
Back to Africa
In our previous four visits to African soil, our experiences have been mixed. One destination was one of our biggest travel disappointments whilst another rewarded… […]
Kenya
Africa
A Night Out in Malindi, Kenya
Their bladders were clearly not as sturdy as mine and the thirty minute walk from our hotel along the dusty road to the centre of Malindi… […]
Atlas Mountains
Ten Outstanding Ways to Arrive at a Destination
On occasions, the mode of transport that we’ve used to get to a destination has added a tasty dollop of exotic spiciness and adventure to the whole experience. These have been some of our favourite ways to arrive at a destination. […]
Africa
Cool Cats and Dusty Drawers, The Ups and Downs of an African Safari
It’s almost too overwhelming a scene to absorb. I’m staring into the exquisite face of Aslan, the king of the beasts, who’s lazing in the sparse shade of a tinder dry bush less than 20 feet away. […]
Africa
Two Rude Awakenings in Africa
Instead of being alarmed because a) someone was knocking on the window and b) the window was on the second storey of the VOI Safari Lodge in Kenya, I grumbled my way out of bed and over to the window and opened the curtains to find […]
Africa
D-I-Y Seafood Dinner in Lamu
It was everything I had hoped an Arab trading port to be. Fishermen sat mending nets, small children catapulted themselves, laughing and screaming from canoes into the water and elderly men with equally elderly donkeys transported… […]
Africa
How to Disappoint a Chief on the Tana Delta in Kenya
I eased myself from the canoe and into the river, relishing the cooling caress of the jade water on my hot and dusty feet, and slowly waded, Merrells in hand, the few metres to the shore where a bearded man wearing a faded check sarong stood beside a bucket of water. […]