Rain and untarred roads don’t mix in Africa. We learned this the hard way when we decided to head from North to South Tanzania via the road less-traveled. If I learned one thing from the road trip, it’s that I love tar.
Wandering Footsteps: Wandering the World One Step at a Time » A travel journal following a family on their overland trip around the world.
Category Archives: East Africa The thing I hate most about East Africa is that their safaris are prohibitively-priced. After six months of not spotting a single safari animal, I was determined to beat the system and get myself an affordable safari. It didn’t work…  Snakes don’t automatically come to mind when I think of dangers I have to face when traveling through Africa. The Maasai of Tanzania, I learned, always have snakes on their brains.  I wasn’t planning to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, but I certainly didn’t want to leave East Africa without spotting her. It took a week, but when she finally emerged from the clouds, I knew that she’d been worth the wait.  After nearly a month and a half along the coast, sleeping in sticky heat to the rhythm of the waves, we’ve opted for a bit of a change of scenery. Sleeping on the edge of a forested mountain, surrounded by cool clouds was just the change we were looking for. Paradise in the clouds? Almost. |
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