Tag Archives: Dispatches from the road – Seven months, seven countries, some 10,000km. With our return to Kampala, our East African Loop – otherwise known as the Extended Honeymoon Loop – was completed. We’d looped the loop. A mixture of deja-vu, transit travel, and self-reflection would be the theme of our onward travel to Nairobi.  Poo-ganda. That’s what Bruno and I have been calling it since we left last December. And that’s probably why both of us had a tiny knot vibrating in our stomachs as we prepared to cross back into Uganda. Would our second try in one of East Africa’s most beloved countries prove more successful than our first?  French speakers, right-hand driving, staring people, crowded villages, fresh baguettes. Burundi was the most unique country I’ve visited in all of Africa. I’m glad I went, but one week was definitely enough.  Because of fear, we almost didn’t go to Tanzania. I’m glad I did – it was my favorite country in East Africa and afforded me some of my best travel memories so far. Read on for my top seven Tanzanian highlights.  Lake Tanganyika is definitely a bit off-the-beaten track, so when you decide to visit, it’s best to see it more than once. We traveled from the Southernmost to the Northernmost tip to fully wrap our minds around this deepest of African lakes. Here are our impressions of Tanzania’s stretch. |
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