Month: July 2015

I’ve had a fantastic time in Namibia. I meant to split this fantastic country into several blog posts, but it’s been hard to find time to write. My first few days in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, were spent enjoying some of the best food I’ve had so far on this trip. Then it was time to […]

The next leg of my trip – intended to be from Victoria Falls to Mozambique – encountered several unexpected problems and quickly became a haphazard string of bus routes that left me in Namibia, on the opposite coast of Africa. From Bulawayo I caught a series of busses and combis (minibuses) to Great Zimbabwe, the […]

My journey across Tanzania and Zamia was far too eventful – from railway strikes to crazy taxi drivers – but I made it to Victoria Falls.  It’s truly one of the natural wonders of the world.  The Zambezi River plunges over 300 feet into a deep gorge along a huge fissure. The mists can be […]

My four relaxing days on Zanzibar passed quickly – made faster by the relaxed atmosphere and plenty of sleep. The island’s historical core is Stone Town, a veritable maze of winding alleyways and narrow streets not navigable by car, though motorbikes still whip around blind corners at astonishing speed.  My first stop was the old […]