- Drinking from the faucet again.
Wed. OIct. 14. We are working our way home the slightly slow way. We waved good by to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Maru as we flew over. The plane took the scenic route north because there are some new closed airspace areas on our old route. Huh!!!? What has been going on in east Africa… Read more: Drinking from the faucet again. - Last day in Africa
Oct. 12, 2026 Tomorrow, we leave the hotel at 545(hopefully) to get our transfer to the airport for an 845 flight to Frankfurt. We have one stop, but don’t think we get off the plane. But it’s 12 hours total to get there. More tomorrow on that. - Zanzibar
Oct. 11, 2026 We arrived at the Tembo House Hotel in a dark maze of twisty passages, all different. Once you figure out what Tembo means, the rest of this post might make more sense. Our room is three floors up, in an old building with tall ceilings and no elevator. We can use the… Read more: Zanzibar - A long travel day
Oct. 10, 2026 We were up before 5 am for breakfast at 520 or so, then finish packing, pay our bill, leave tip, etc. Mateo, our driver informed us last night that the normal route to Kisoro was just over an hour. But there was a bridge collapse and thankfully there was another route but… Read more: A long travel day - One Last (Jungle) Safari
October 9, Uganda Independence Day! 65 years old. The Bwindi Imp. F. has more than gorillas. We spent today on a hike to a waterfall through the jungle. We met at the same location as the gorilla seekers, only later in the morning and met our ranger/guide Martin. He had been working with the gorilla… Read more: One Last (Jungle) Safari