Nungwe Ain’t Much, Really
Don’t believe the Nungwe hype Great parking, Captain! Pretty, eh? With all the hype, there was no way it really could do it. No, Nungwe, billed in the Lonely Planet as the coolest beach in East Africa, was built up too much to survive the hype it’s cursed with, especially…
Read MoreForget Dar, Head to Z-Bar!
Zanzibar’s nightlife makes up for the daylight Even the artists wilt! Bye Bye Dar! So I get off the bus from Arusha, and I step into the oven they call Dar es Salaam. The name translates as something like ‘Port of Peace’, but it should really translate as ‘Damn, its…
Read MoreMy Kingdom for a Knee!
I’ll trade my right toe for a good left knee My nemisis Smiling with 600mg of ibuprofen Baboon TLC Oh, my poor left knee, my trick knee, and my great weakness in my impervious health.In second grade the trouble started when fell and split open my knee-cap on a gutter,…
Read MoreOh the Dust, Dirt, and Stink!
Sean’s feet stink can kill! Christina cooking it Sean pumping it When Sean first proposed this African adventure that we’re currently on, he didn’t say anything about this! He didn’t mention a word about camping out in the bush for a week straight, without the benefits that four thousand years…
Read MoreThe Circle of Perfection
Don’t believe the Ngorongoro Crater hype Vervets love the Landie African Road Hazzards The Ngorongoro Crater is a majestic act of nature to behold, for it’s the world’s largest perfect caldera, or collapsed volcano, with a perfectly circular and steep rim encircling a flat valley floor filled with all of…
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