We’re on our way from Snake Farm to Kilimanjaro foothills Shanga Project December 19, 2019[…]
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Snake Farm, 2nd Visit
December 18, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C Arrive back in the afternoon to[…]
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Flamingo Lodge, Karatu
December 16, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C Pleasant drive to the campsite through[…]
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Snake Farm – 1st Visit
December 16, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C Staying at an interesting place called[…]
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Nairobi Intermission
December 13, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C Arrived in Nairobi following a long[…]
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Road from Maasai Mari to Nairobi
December 13, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C Leaving the Maasai Mara to make[…]
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Maasai Mara Day 2
December 13, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C I hear Scott moving about in[…]
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Maasai Mara Day 1
December 12, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C Had one of the most amazing[…]
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Road to Maasai Mara
December 12, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ 🌙 15 °C Slept like a log last night.[…]
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Road to Kisii, Kenya
December 11, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C Once we passed the Frontier we[…]
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Road from Musoma to Kenyan Border
December 11, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C Up at 6:15am for breakfast and[…]
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Tembo Beach, Musoma, Lake Victoria.
December 10, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌧 20 °C Arrived at the campsite this evening[…]
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Morning Mzungu in Mwanza
December 10, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C Sitting here on shore of Lake[…]
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Lake Victoria, Mwanza, Tanzania.
December 9, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C Arrived this afternoon at Lake Victoria[…]
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On the Road to Lake Victoria
Road to Mwanza, Tanzania December 9, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C Early start[…]
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A Surpising Interlude
December 8, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ 🌧 21 °C Arrived at around 5pm at our[…]
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Shake, Rattle & Roll on the Road to Tanzania
December 8, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C Up this morning at 5:45am for[…]
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More Rambles around Rwanda
Road to Kigali December 6, 2019 in Rwanda ⋅ 🌧 21 °C Slept very well[…]
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Rambles around Rwanda
Musanze December 5, 2019 in Rwanda ⋅ 🌧 19 °C We arrived at our first[…]
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Road to Rwanda
December 5, 2019 in Uganda ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C We left Lake Bunyonyi at 9am[…]
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Gorillas
Chillin’ by the Lake December 3, 2019 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C Today was[…]
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On the Road in Uganda
Kampala to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest December 2, 2019 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C We[…]
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Orange Country
December 1, 2019 in Uganda ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C The colour red or, more correctly,[…]
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Denial IS a river in Africa
November 30, 2019 in Uganda ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C I’m in Jinja, on Victoria Nile[…]
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Eldoret, Kenya to Jinet, Uganda
November 29, 2019 in Uganda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C Up this morning at 6am for[…]
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Kenya
Arriving in Nairobi November 24, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C Whooooooosh. Another sweaty[…]
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Drifting Along the Rift Valley
Eldoret, Kenya in the Rift Valley November 28, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C[…]
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Lake Nakura Nature Park
A delightful day spent in Lake Nakura Nature Park in Kenya’s Rift Valley where we saw lots of animals and shape of things to come.
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The Safari Starts…
Nairobi to Lake Naivasha, Kenya November 25, 2019 in Kenya ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C First[…]
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The Journey Starts…
The Leaving of Dublin November 23, 2019 in Ireland ⋅ 🌧 9 °C Well, the[…]
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To Africa with Love
Here are details of my next big three month Safari to Africa in November 2019[…]
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This is the End, my Friend
The end of my Silk Road journey. My final days in istanbul before returning home.[…]
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In the Persian Empire
My time in Iran is coming to a close now, only a few more days[…]
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Habibi, my Mellow Yellow Chariot
The start of the expedition with Oasis Overland. Some details about the truck and journey.[…]
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Uzbekistan
This is an account of my travels through Uzbekistan from the border crossing with Kazakhstan[…]
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Kyrgyzstan
I’m almost a fortnight on the road now. Days are blurring together and the only[…]
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Almaty, My First Steps on the Silk Road
At last, after years of planning and following one failed, or aborted, attempt, I finally[…]
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Steppes around Astana
Friday 24th November – Astana Main process today has been travelling from Helsinki to Astana,[…]
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The Wheel Starts Turning
The wheel starts turning. My journey to the Silk Road has started. At last, a[…]
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Steps and Stops Along the Way
I promised in my last post to write a more detailed report on the places[…]
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Just Keep on Truckin’
You know what the say about the best laid plans of mice and men. By[…]
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Joining the Road
It’s been awhile since I posted anything here as I’ve been caught up with work[…]
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First Silk Road Steps
The fact that I managed to maintain a love of poetry from childhood is a[…]
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Bla, Blaa; Blah, Blah, Blah.
Technobabble time. I love technology and have been an early adopter of internet related thingys[…]
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On Sleeping Pods and Yurts
This is just a brief overview of my travelling plans on The Silk Road for[…]
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The Silk Road Revisited
I started to get itchy feet again a few months ago so my mind started[…]
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Long, long ago (fadó, fadó)
Yesterday, I found myself using an expression I don’t think I’ve ever used before. I[…]
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Dreams and Dreaming the Dream
I had a very vivid dream last night. I was on an old boat. It[…]
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