Can you Spot the Elephant?

WARNING: Be prepared for lots of elephant photos! We left Victoria Falls and Zimbabwe without any of the hassle that we encountered entering Zim. It was a country we really enjoyed, even with all its quirks and problems. Chobe National Park We entered Botswana and we continue to notice that these southern African countries are much more developed and Westernized. It …

Flight Over the Falls

Yesterday we went on our helicopter ride over the Victoria Falls. We thought we would give you a visual picture of the trip. Neither of us had been in a helicopter before, so it was a cool experience. There were just 4 passangers and the pilot and you got an amazing perspective of how huge the falls are. They are 1.7 …

Living it up at the Lake

Hello! After a great few days of relaxation in Zanzibar, we were off headed to Malawi and excited to get another new stamp in our passport. Contents1 Bush Camping2 Lake Malawi3 Chitimba Beach4 Kande Beach5 Blantyre Bush Camping We left Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast and had two and half days of driving to get into Malawi, which involved …

Hakuna Matata

Jambo (hello in Swahili)! It has been awhile since our last blog and so this one will be a long one. So much has happened since we landed in Nairobi March 11th. Contents1 Nairobi2 The Truck Tour3 Arusha4 Safari5 Visiting the Hospital in Arusha6 Zanzibar Nairobi We flew Kenya Airways from Cairo to Nairobi and we had very low expectations for …