I had to set my alarm for 530am today which, combined with all of the noises both in and outside the tent, meant I hardly got any sleep last night. We did have a nice breakfast as the sun rose which helped to make up for it a bit, before […]
Category: 2009 East Africa
Updates from my trip to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in August / September 2009 where I saw a load of wildlife, visited the Genocide Memorial and got grabbed on the leg by a Mountain Gorilla.
Africa Day 10 – Kigali Genocide Memorial
Today was a very long day but one that would show us so many things and be memorable for good and bad reasons. I woke up really early in an attempt to have a nice shower before everybody used the hot water but fell down a ditch that ran across […]
Africa Day 11 – Gorilla Trek
Today was the day we had all been waiting for when we would finally see the rare Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. I woke at 5am before getting ready and making sure that everybody who had upgraded to a room were awake and having a quick breakfast. We […]
Africa Day 12 – Pygmies + This is Africa
I got up at 7am today before having a nice breakfast of cereal, eggs and toast and catching up on writing this journal. We all met by the truck at 9am to see some pygmies when a matatu minibus arrived with two guides in to take us there. The matatu […]
Africa Day 13 – Back to Uganda
Today we got up at 5am to slowly get ready for another long drive day back into Uganda, with breakfast scheduled for 6am and our departure for 7am. We started heading towards Kigali before taking a shortcut through the mountains to cut some time from what was to be a […]
Africa Day 14 – Lake Mburo to Jinja
The alarm was set for 420 ready to leave at 5. Most of us were not best pleased so hoped the walk would be worth it. It was a dark drive down bad roads to Lake Mburo National Park but on the way we were told we could opt out […]
Africa Day 15 – Day of rest in Jinja
It was a nice easy morning today and after having pancakes for breakfast we relaxed while the others got ready for rafting. I decided not to take part in the rafting as I wanted a quiet day so took some photos and videoed them setting off instead. Not going rafting […]
Africa Day 16 – Back to Kenya
I got up before 6 to have an early shower before all of the hot water was used up and, after falling down the big hole in the campsite, found it to be a nice and very hot shower. There was then time for a quick breakfast and last minute […]
Africa Day 17 – Return to Nairobi
Another early start today with breakfast at 6 ready to leave by 7. Unfortunately this turned into 740 as one of the tyres needed changing due to having a big hole in it but this gave me a chance for an even bigger breakfast with a double helping of eggs. […]
Africa Day 18 – Crazy Airport Security
Today I got up at 5am, had a quick shower and checked out before saying goodbye to people that were leaving at the same time. I took my taxi to the airport and it was really quick with no detours unlike on the way in. My driver asked for less […]