Africa Travel 8 We have just come from the beautiful island of Zanzibar and the interesting city of Dar es Salaam, and have now just finished visiting the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti Plains. However, as I write this blog I am torn because while I just had the most fantastic experience of my life, I am also sad because the overland portion of our trip is over and I had to leave the people I had been with for the past six weeks. Anyway, I would put my...

Africa Travel 7 After spending several days along the beaches of Lake Malawi, we headed into Tanzania where we spent a few more days along the beaches of Zanzibar Island and the beaches just South of Dar es Salaam. We first arrived in Dar es Salaam, which is the main city of Tanzania and has a population of 2.5 million people. It is a modern African city that has all the associated charm and problems. People from the rural areas continually flock to the ci...

Africa Travel 6 Crossing the Zambezi River, we headed from Zimbabwe into Zambia. Our travels through Zambia were not very eventful because we spent the majority of our time driving. However, the scenery began to change as we headed towards Malawi. The landscape grew much more green and small hills and mountains began to rise around us. It took us two days and three nights to drive through Zambia to Malawi. We spent the majority of the time trying to get to ...

After first going to the wrong border crossing out of Botswana, which accesses Zambia, we finally made our way over to the Zimbabwe Border. As I mentioned before, Zimbabwe is a country in despair, economically. It gained its independence from Britain in 1980 and has been ruled by Robert Mugabe and his ZANU party since that time. Mugabe attempted to redistribute the farms previously held by white families to the native black Africans. However, he only redistribute...

Chobe National Game Park, Botswana While the previous two parks were excellent, I have now been to a park that made me feel like I was in a time warp into the 1800's when the European explorers were crossing the continent of Africa and writing back fantasy tales of large game and enormous herds of animals being around every bend. This park for me was the Chobe National Game Park in Botswana along the Chobe River where four countries meet (Zimbabwe, Botswana, Z...