Working in Zanzibar

Day 1 - I set up from Arusha and picked up Alision a girl from Northern Ireland, Kevin and ChongKi from Hong Kong. I went with SOK a company I would definatley recomend and the one that all of my volunteers goes with to do Kili or safari. I paid $900 for the trip going up the Machame route and it was well worth it. We got to the park gate at around 12:30 ish and after 1 and a half hours registering and getting organised we set off up the mountain. The first ...

Day 1

Whilst I was working in Tanzania I spent a week down in Blantyre looking after some volunteers and supervising the projects. I landed at Blantyre airport which is one of the most basic airports that I had been to with very basic facilities and equipment. I was picked up by my colleges friend who took me to my accommodation Kubula Lodge. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Africa and the journey from the airport to the lodge demonstrated that. Once I arr...

I left Kampala from Red Chilli backpackers to go on a tour that they ran to Murchison Falls which cost $170 for 3 days. I was travelling with 7 other people 4 Canadians, 2 Germans and 1 other Brit. We got to Red Chilli rest camp in Murchison Falls national park at around 5 after a long drive and we just chilled out and had dinner. We were told when we arrived that hippos came up to the camp to grace and whilst we were chatting during the evening a fully grown m...