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Lunch with the Nightingales

Days 194 – 195… 2nd and 3rd October Met Paddy and Bruce Nightingale for lunch and had a tour around Kenana Knitters where women from the local community knit toys...

Molo to Turi

Day 193… 1st October The rolling hills of Molo and Elburgon are very green and reminiscent of England’s green and pleasant land.  Perhaps I am missing home.  Visited Molo primary...

From Nakuru to Kembu

Days 191 & 192… 29/30th September Self-drive game drives around Lake Nakuru National Park. Beautiful lake and saw rhino, pelicans, flamingos to name a few.  Headed out of the park and...

Out of Africa

Day 190 Thursday 28th September Visited the Karen Blixen museum where she lived from 1910 to 1931.  Great tour around the house, gardens and coffee factory.  I must read the...

Time for school

Day 189… Wednesday 27th September Usual campsite companions – friendly cats, German shepherds, and vervet monkeys.  Very close encounter with a monkey in the tree above trying to take aim...

Out of Tanzania, into Kenya

Day 188… Tuesday 26th September Another border crossing today – only 4 more to go after this one!  First stop the garage again. The one stop border crossing from Tanzania...

Third times a charm

Days 186 and 187… Sunday 24th and Monday 25th September The journey heading west into Arusha was very slow due to may slow moving lorries and difficulty overtaking them.  Local...

Travel to Tilivu

Day 185… Saturday 23rd September Heading north towards Arusha, northern Tanzania.  Slow moving lorries but no police stops.  The police are easy to spot in their smart white uniforms.  They...

Leafy Lushoto

Day 184… Friday 22nd September Usual city traffic craziness but heading out of the city was ok. Tuk Tuks (Bajaji in Swahili) is a popular mode of transport.  Drove to Lushoto...

Decadent days in Dar

Days 180 – 183… Monday to Thursday 18th to 21st September Headed south to Dar es Salaam to catch up with our neighbour Mark who lives a few doors down...

We’re going how fast?

Day 179… Sunday 17th September Drove to Bagamoyo on the coast.  Had an encounter with a police officer about speeding.  Bagamoyo is an historic German East African trading port in...

Sooooo many lorries

Days 176 – 178… Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th September Most fuel stations only accept cash but the one we stopped at had a card machine which worked after a...
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