I know it is not in East Africa but it is on the way home. The flights last night with Rwandair were OK, in fact , the first one was one of the best I have had. We arrived here at 4.30 this morning. I was soo knackered I walked straight past baggage claim and was outside before I realized. I had to talk my way back inside through all the out doors. I changed $50 and got a taxi to the hotel cos I was too early for the train. My room was ready but they wanted to ch...

Im back in Nairobery and the tour has finished. I was going to write a huge post about how **** it was and send it to Intrepid but I cant be bothered now. Lets just say it was not my cup of tea and I will NEVER be doing that again. It is the most expensive mistake I have made for a while. Africa was not what I expected. For a start it is sooooo cold. I cant believe Tarzan ran around here for so long in a lap lap? It has been freezing cold. There was only 2 days w...

Only 2 days to go. I upgraded yesterday but there are no rooms today so back in tent for the last 2 nights. We have had a tropical storm in the afternoon for the last 3 days. It was torrential today for about an hour but the rain hasn't really bothered us soo far. Jinja is the source of the Nile. There is a spring where the Nile starts and it also flows out of Lake Victoria. It is the adrenalin capitol of Uganda. You can raft down the Nile, jet boat up the Nile a...

4 days to go...we are on the way home. I don't believe how rude some of these people are. 4am start to cross the border and long drive, compounded by roadworks. I was up at 1am because of the freight train in my tent. Im upgrading tonight. On the way to Mburo we passed another leopard. That makes it 5 since I joined the tour. Even the local guide said she has only seen 2. Looks like I am still bringing the group some luck. There is NO upgrade. I'm ******. There ...

Well I did not write it (the title) it is everywhere. We had early start to go to the gorillas. lets just say it was 2nd best day in Africa. The group we went to see had 3 silverbacks and one of them pushed past everyone of us. HE TOUCHED ME as he pushed past. A baby was playing so close I couldn't get a photo till he moved away. It was very cool.