Trip entries from my travels
Thursday, September 2, 2010 Nairobi, Kenya Narobbery, Naibeggary, Naiextorsion… These three words actually were on a notice right next to the front office desk. Well having experienced two out of the three I sympathized with the need for the sign. So I am not excited to be in Nairobi to start with, I’ve heard NOTHING … Read more
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Nairobi, Kenya Today my spirit was broken and I was defeated… how did that happen? Well getting to and hanging in Nairobi explains that. First let me say as I was finishing up the safari’s in Tanzania, one of my safari mates was also headed to Nairobi for her next leg … Read more
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Tarangire National Park, Tanzania Well kids.. I have been fighting a stomach bug for the last three days and our current camping location greets me with a pit toilet with only a hole and two footpads and no toilet paper.. lets just say I am REALLY glad that Kathy stuffed an … Read more
Sunday, August 29, 2010 Arusha, Tanzania Ok.. for those of you not in the know TIA (This is Africa) is a saying to represent everything that can and will go on.. and WOW did I live that yesterday. Every preconceived notion I had about personal space, personal hygiene, and just about every other Anmerican value … Read more
Sunday, August 29, 2010 Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania Well… Ramadan in Stone Town, the old city in Zanzibar.. not a party time but we made it so! When I showed up to meet Dullah, he had met Beth, a lawyer from LA and Rudy, a Costa Rican living in France. We organized a Dhow and headed … Read more
ZANZIBAR! Dive it Right!Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania OK, so I’m catching up on some back blogs here. Zanzibar.. what a place.. I left Dar early in the morning to get to the Ferry with my new friends “G” and “Picasso” They helped me navigate through the shark infested port that is the ferry … Read more
Saturday, August 21, 2010 Hurghada, Al Baḩr al Aḩmar, Egypt Well.. today was dive day.. but nothing starts out easy of course.. you wouldn’t expect any less. Of course the dive company I CALLED to arrange was Blue Divers. This morning at 8am as I wander with Michelle out to the front of the hotel … Read more
Friday, August 20, 2010 Hurghada, Al Baḩr al Aḩmar, Egypt Well ladies and germs, today has been a relatively slow day news wise but had a little excitement. Basically we were up early to catch the 8am bus ride down to Hurghada on the Red Sea. 6.5 hours in basically a nice tour bus (Michelle … Read more
Up Your NoseCairo, Egypt Cairo, Egypt It always starts with the nose.. and then come the ears.. then the eyes.. I get it.. No I am not talking about the Princess Bride.. I’m talking about travel in the developing world. As usual I have landed in the land of .. HONK HONK.. the nose is … Read more
Thursday, August 9, 2007 Singapore, Singapore Well, 11 hours in Singapore. What can you really do.. let me tell you. You can figure out the MRT (Singapore’s train system), get to your hotel through a THRONG of people celebrating thier indpendence day (yes good timing on our part), and walk a little bit around some … Read more