I’ve finally arrived in Uganda and I’m really happy to be here, but it has required another very long travelling day – one of the hazards of travel I guess! Yesterday after travelling to London I checked into the Travelodge near Heathrow which was the hotel I stayed at before […]
Tag: Rwanda
Charlie : Kigali Airport, Rwanda
Charlie is currently relaxing on board a Brussels Airlines aircraft at Kigali Airport, Rwanda, during a stopover on the way to Uganda. Unfortunately we will not be visiting Rwanda on this trip, and will not even be leaving the aircraft while they clean it and change some passengers, which is […]
I’m off to Uganda again!
When I heard that my friend was going to be spending a year volunteering at an orphanage in the town of Jinja, Uganda, I was very excited. I spent a few days in the town a few years ago and loved it just as I did the rest of Uganda. […]
Africa videos
I’ve finally been able to upload all of my videos from Africa. They’re all now on YouTube and can be viewed below, or in full by clicking on the videos themselves. If you have a user on YouTube feel free to comment on the videos if you want.
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 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 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 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 is all booked again
I’m pleased to announce, now that I’ve added a full blog of my first ever overland Africa trip, that my next one is now fully booked – Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda with Dragoman! I’ll be flying out to Nairobi in the last half of August, staying there for the night […]