After two matutu (minibus), one boda boda (motorbike), and another matutu ride, 7 hours after I left Mbale, I arrived in Kisumu. I walked to the de-facto hostel which was really a hotel that was reasonably priced, in a good…
Sipi Falls and Mbale
After a week in Jinja, I was rested and recovered and ready to move on. Of course, a 3 hour road journey ended up taking 7, but I arrived in Sipi Falls before dark, giving me time to set up…
Jinja- source of the Nile
Jinja is Uganda’s third largest city, but after Kampala, felt really small. Which was kind of nice, particularly for running errands. In Kampala, we had struggled to do errands (other than the great thrift shopping), but here we easily found…
The muddiest hike of my life- Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda
After a few days of hiking on the Congo Nile Trail, Kersten and I decided we were ready to tackle Besote Volcano, one of the peaks in Rwanda’s Volcano National Park. Our real goal was to hopefully see the gorillas…
Kigali and Kibuye, Rwanda
After an epic journey from Kigoma, Tanzania, to say I was happy to be in Kigali, would be a vast understatement. I woke up to a fresh pot of filtered coffee and free breakfast (I actually had no idea how…
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…
Livingstonia- last stop in Malawi
Yet another town by the name of the famous African explorer, David Livingstone. I have yet to figure out if he deserves all these places named after him, or if his legacy needs to be revisited. The first white person…
Last Stop on Lake Malawi- Nkhata Bay
After recovering from the crazy journey from Mulanje to Likoma Island, I was rested up and ready to tackle the ferry from Likoma to Nkhata Bay. There were 7 of us leaving the island that day for the journey, so…