Author: Nick
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Video Dump 4: Tanzania
We loved Tanzania, and found so many parts of it so photogenic that inevitably took too many videos (is videogenic a word?), so here’s another dump of those videos that didn’t make their way into any of our posts. One video of the adorable chimpanzees of Gombe Stream National Park: Click here to see a…
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Yum: Forodhani Gardens
Forodhani Gardens is a park on the northern side of Stone Town which nightly hosts a gathering of a few dozen vendors selling various street foods. It is a scene not to be missed, and starts coming together when vendors set up around sundown. Most of them fall into one of three categories: Seafood: A…
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Zanzibar Part II: Stone Town
Stone Town, the ancient part of Zanzibar Island’s largest city, is one of the most unique and beautiful places we’ve ever been, and instantly one of my favorite places we’ve visited. Its most striking feature is the layout of its streets, a winding, curving, jumbled maze of narrow alleyways that makes the city feel alive…
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Video Dump 3: Argentina, South Africa
Whoops, it’s been a little too long since we went back and found all the videos that didn’t make their way into a blog post, so this round-up takes us all the way back to the end of our South America leg, and into the beginning of our Africa leg! First, a huge drum troupe…
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Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro
We’re normally well prepared and well informed about the destinations that we visit, but this leg of the journey was special, everything being planned in advance by our wonderful friends who came halfway around the world to visit us. The agenda consisted of a seven-day climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro, a four-day safari through Northeast Tanzania’s…
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Nkhata Bay: Cabin Fever
Our time in Nkhata Bay, in the north of Malawi and on the shore of Lake Malawi, was a bit mixed: the beginning of our stay was relaxing and exciting, but by the end we found ourselves bored and frustrated. Let me back up. After a bus ride from Zomba that managed to take “only”…
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A Malawian Thanksgiving
After a stressful and uncomfortable two days of travel in northern Mozambique, we entered southern Malawi looking for a bit of relaxation and a break from the heat. We spent two nights in Blantyre, where we enjoyed a historical tour of the city’s oldest building, the international influence of a Hindu temple and a distinctly…
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Pony Trekking in Lesotho
Lesotho is a bit of a geographic anomaly: a country smaller than the state of Maryland, high in the mountains and surrounded on all sides by South Africa. It was founded in the 19th century by the charismatic leader, King Moshoeshoe, who led his people into the mountains and negotiated a peace settlement with the…
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The Garden Route
The Garden Route, a coastal drive that spans roughly from Mossel Bay (a few hours’ drive east from Cape Town) to Port Elizabeth, about 250 km further east, is one of South Africa’s most popular and most hyped tourist areas. While we found some of the bigger cities overly developed and overrun by tourists seeking…
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Western Cape: From False Bay to Oudtshoorn
One regret we have about the start of the African leg of our journey is not renting our car sooner. Cape Town is a wonderful city, but many of its best attractions lie outside it and are only accessible by car (or expensive taxi). We spent our first two days with the car not more…