And just like that, Marieke and Jon were heading back to Canada and I was on my own again! I checked out of the guesthouse in Dar Es Salaam and made my way up to the main road, where I…
Making It Off Mafia
After staying at Afro Beach Camp for our first few nights on Mafia Island, we ended up pitching our tents in the gated yard of Nungwi dive shop, where their boats and equipment were stored. The daily trips across the…
Valentine’s Day on Mafia Island
Tenting, Diving, Whale Sharks and Valentine’s Day on Mafia Island
Mountains of Lushoto and an Epic Journey to Mafia Island
As we had booked a big bus taking us all the way to Tanga, Tanzania, from Diani beach, the border crossing from Kenya into Tanzania was pretty easy, with the bus staff helping us get in the right queues for…
Transiting in Tanzania Part III- Kigoma to Kigali, Rwanda
I woke from a very light sleep with a kink in my neck and a returned awareness of the pain in my legs and my back. I checked my phone and saw it was 1:15am and that we were finally…
Transiting in Tanzania Part II- Sumbuwunga to Kigoma
Waking at 5am in Sumbuwanga, I was pleasantly surprised when breakfast was being made for me. It was included in the room price but when I asked it it would be available so early, I had received a definitive “no”,…
Transiting in Tanzania- Part I- Livingstonia, Malawi to Sumbuwunga, Tanzania
After a great last night in Livingstonia, I woke up 4 minutes before my alarm was set to go off at 5:00am, woken by the birds and the sun starting to rise. I packed my tent and headed up to…
Mountains of Mulanje
From Zomba, I was lucky enough to share a taxi with the traveling family I met originally in Livingstone, Zambia, and I had seen a couple of times along the way, as they were traveling the same route as me…