After several months of stressful work in Uganda, we’d been dying to hit the beach for months. And here we finally were! I guess it was no surprise, then, that we were got totally stuck along the North Coast of Kenya.
Nairobi has a bad reputation. The 2012 Westgate Mall shooting. The 1998 US embassy bombing. The 2007 post-election riots.
Crime. Violence. Unsafe. Dirty. Chaotic. Slums.
Really, though, Nairobi is just like any other capital city in Africa – no better, but really no worse either. With that in mind, Bruno and I decided to enjoy ten days here.
Work is over, Kampala is behind us. Before we make a be-line to the Kenyan coast, we decide to explore a bit of Uganda. Here we make stops to the source of the Nile River and Uganda’s Sipi Falls. One impressed while the other had us packing up the next morning. Read on to find out which is which!
After spending several months in Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia, it was time to head back into Zambia and the “real Africa”. We began our time with a trip to the infamous Victoria Falls. I had seen them the year before from the Zimbabwean side, and here I determine which country offers the better view.
Elephants are astounding creatures. Playful, patient, solid, wise. Here, along Botswana’s Highway, are a plethora of opportunities to come face to face with these most African of animals. You don’t even need to pay park fees for most of them.