Tag: africa
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Rwanda Day 12
It had been a near sleepless night once again when the lights came on at 05:00 for the breakfast service. I wasn’t quite as tired as I’d expected, after having managed to get around four hours spread out across the night. Hopefully it would be enough for the drive home later. The aircraft landed at Heathrow at 06:50 in the morning, and it took me very little time to get to the baggage collectio …
June 5, 2025
Rwanda Day 11
I woke up at 04:00, probably after having had so much practice at it recently. I did however get back to sleep until around 06:00 when I heard noise from the neighbours, and then the sound of rain outside. Eventually I decided it was time to go for breakfast. What there was to choose from was not worth the 15 USD I paid. I would have been better off going to Simba cafe or Bourbon cafe to get more …
June 4, 2025
Rwanda Day 10
An 04:30 start is never nice, but after the last few days of early starts, late finishes, and plenty of activity, it wasn’t great. I was ready, checked in for tomorrow’s flight, and checked out of Grazia Apartments Hotel thirty minutes later, with the driver arriving to take me to Nyungwe shortly after. The streets of Kigali are dead at this time of the morning, so getting out of there was quick. …
June 3, 2025
Rwanda Day 9
When people talk of the big five, they are referring to the animals that hunters used to find challenging or dangerous to hunt on foot. They are the African lion, rhinoceros, elephant, cheetah, and buffalo. Thankfully people only seek them now for the sake of seeing them, or photographing them. For the most part. In Rwanda the place to see the Big Five is just one location: Akagera National Park. …
June 2, 2025
Rwanda Day 8
This was the sort of trip where it was pretty much all ‘go’, all the time. There’d been some long days over the last week, and yesterday having run a marathon was no exception. I’d been lucky I hadn’t had any further cramp in my calves, but I’d had restless legs which resulted in very little sleep. My watch told me it was 3.5 hours spread across the night, so an 05:20 breakfast was not easy. At 0 …
June 1, 2025
Rwanda Day 7
Race day had finally arrived, and it was exciting to get to try out a new route that nobody had done before. I think a lot of it was down to the thought of how many photos I could take on the route of places I'd not yet been to.
May 31, 2025
Rwanda Day 6
We had the option to run again today at 08:00, but I felt I’d done enough now and wanted to rest my legs a little before race day. The plan for today was to be ready in reception by 09:15, to be on the road fifteen minutes later. I was awake early, and without really thinking about it, I got myself ready for a run. I must have been crazy - I didn’t need to run today! I went for breakfast around 07 …
May 30, 2025
Rwanda Day 5
I’d not planned on running this morning, and even though I woke before 06:00, and found my phone hadn’t charged overnight, I thought my decision was definitely made. I plugged my phone into my emergency power bank, and somehow found myself getting ready to run anyway. Whilst pottering around, I’d somehow convinced myself that missing out on exploring the local area would be a missed opportunity. …
May 29, 2025
Rwanda Day 4
Every project we'd visit today would be in some way related to the Rwandan Wildlife Conservation Association.
May 28, 2025
Rwanda Day 3
I was awake earlier than expected, long before the 07:00 breakfast. I’d got an hour to eat, and then get ready to check out. I knew my bag wasn’t packed as well as it had been, so this was a challenge. Our first stop today was the Genocide Memorial, not that far from the hotel as the crow flies. No photographs are allowed indoors but we could take as many as we wanted outside. In the museum part …
May 27, 2025
Rwanda Day 2
I finally arrived in Rwanda, and needed to get some local currency, but also attend a class on making the local hot sauce. It'd also be a good chance in to get in an acclimatisation run before being briefed on the week ahead.
May 26, 2025
Rwanda Day 1
Today I'd begin the journey to Rwanda, for another action-packed adventure.
May 25, 2025
Malawi Days 8-9
Another adventure over, all that remained was to go home - a journey lasting over thirty hours.
May 27, 2018
Malawi Day 7
An incredible day of running around the warm heart of Africa. It was an experience like no other and race that was constantly changing as the day and terrain continued.
May 26, 2018
Malawi Day 6
After a busy week of volunteering in Nkope we had a day off to relax and prepare for the marathon that was still ahead of us.
May 25, 2018
Malawi Day 5
This was the day I thought may prove to be the most challenging - putting on a sports day for hundreds of Malawian children. As it turned out, the day went well and I think a lot of fun was had by all.
May 24, 2018
Malawi Day 4
Our second day of work had us planting trees, clearing fields, and building fuel efficient stoves.
May 23, 2018
Malawi Day 3
Our first day of volunteering involved building a school, and fitting bins.
May 22, 2018
Malawi Days 1-2
The journey from Leicester to London, to Johannesburg and then finally to Lilongwe and Nkope.
May 20, 2018
Malawi
Notes about my preparation for a week of volunteering and a marathon in Africa's warm heart - Malawi.
May 15, 2018
Morocco
Ten years since my trip to Egypt, I'd be returning to the northern part of Africa to visit Maroc.
October 25, 2017
East Africa Day 14
On our way out of the Serengeti we finally saw a cheetah, and then made our way to the Ngorongoro crater
March 8, 2013
East Africa Day 13
A long day, starting with a hot air balloon over the Serengeti, and ending with torrential rain and potentially tsetse flies.
March 7, 2013
East Africa Day 12
A bush breakfast, a Masai tribe, the Olduvai Gorge, and arriving in the Serengeti. A very eventful day.
March 6, 2013
East Africa Day 10
Travelling through the Great Rift Valley, we made our way back to Kilimanjaro airport, and moved on to Tanzania for the second week.
March 4, 2013
East Africa Day 9
Our time in the Masai Mara was about to come to a shocking conclusion, witnessing something completely unexpected. CW: contains scenes of animal death
March 3, 2013
East Africa Day 8
After Lake Naivasha we headed to the Masai Mara and very quickly saw more big mammals, the result of lion kills, and got stuck during a river crossing. CW: contains scenes of animal death
March 2, 2013
East Africa Day 7
From the Ark we went to lake Naivasha and got to see our first hippo.
March 1, 2013
East Africa Day 6
Crossing the equator once again, we moved on from Samburu, to visit The Ark
February 28, 2013
East Africa Day 5
In Samburu we got to see what life was like for a local tribe, and saw more wildlife during the game drives.
February 27, 2013
East Africa Day 4
From Aberdares, we headed to the Ashnil Samburu tented camp. It was a bigger place, with a bigger selection of wildlife to enjoy watching.
February 26, 2013
East Africa Day 3
The first proper day of the safari was one where we got to see our first giraffes.
February 25, 2013
East Africa Day 2
From the moment we landed in Kenya, we were off exploring, and ended the day at the infamous Carnivore Restaurant.
February 24, 2013
East Africa Day 1
Only a couple of weeks since I was last in London I found myself once more getting ready to set out on a safari.
February 23, 2013
East Africa
In planning for this next adventure, I decided having two camera bodies would be advantageous - no need to change camera lenses whilst dealing with dust from the savannah.
February 16, 2013
Egypt Day 12
Our final day of exploration in Alexandria - we'd had plans to see so much; but me being ill had restricted it greatly.
June 15, 2007
Egypt Day 11
Although still not feeling great, we took the time to look around the expansive Montezah Palace gardens.
June 14, 2007
Egypt Day 10
Following a few days of illness, we moved on from Cairo to Alexandria to struggle around what remained.
June 13, 2007
Egypt Day 3
A bit wiser about how to navigate the streets of Cairo, we returned once more in order to look around the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
June 6, 2007
Egypt Day 2
Exploring Cairo meant a lot of lessons to be learnt that neither of us had expected.
June 5, 2007
Egypt Day 1
The start of an adventure in Egypt - we had no idea what would lay ahead of us.
June 4, 2007