Getting ADD in Addis Ababa
Amped on caffine! Double shot, please He ain’t Russian! The wrong bus I’ve been in Addis Ababa, the capitol of Ethiopia for less than 24 hours now and I’ve already had five (5!) cappuccinos, and for one who usually hates coffee in the USA, I love it here! Maybe its…
Read MoreAnd the train Goes ‘Pole-Pole’
Another slow day in Africa My pole-pole life African pole-pole life ‘Pole-pole’ loosely translates from Kswahili to English as ‘slowly-slowly,’ and nothing better can describe the African experience. At first, coming from the speedy big Western city, I chaffed at the lazy way everything is done here. Just getting a…
Read MoreJust say it.. Mombassa!
Mombasa is the Mack-Daddy Hurry up! Faster! Faster! Mombasa. The name just rolls off the tongue full of exotic connotations. Go ahead, say it slowly out-loud. See, I told you it even sounds cool. Moreover, unlike Dar, although it should have the exact same climate, it actually is cool too….
Read MoreNungwe 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…
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