To the source of the Nile, Jinja Uganda
“True joy of nature is when every drop of water shines like a pearl.” – Anamika Mishra I have been telling anyone who will listen how beautiful Uganda is and…
Chasing the Eclipse
“What makes life worth living? To be born with the gift of laughter and sense that the world is mad.” —S. Scaramouche The trip back from Kasese was much more…
Kasese Ahoy: A Western Ugandan Wedding
“Oh I don’t mind going to weddings, just as long as it’s not my own…” Tom Waits I was invited to step in for my sister on a trip to…
Kampala to Lira a Road Trip – Are we there yet?
“A good traveller has not fixed plans and is not intent on arriving” – Lao Tzu I am on the bus to lira and there is a whole lot of…
Cape Town – Yes, No, Maybe?
“Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” — Peter Hoeg It is my final night in Cape Town. I have moved out of my apartment and I am staying in…
Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope and Penguins
I have been travelling with very organised friends over the last few years so with everything being planned for me, that I have become lazy. When I boarded the flight…
Gardens, beaches and mountains – a whizz around Cape Town
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity” – John Muir My trip to…
Cape Town – The Apartheid Walk
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. – Plato I am staying only twenty minutes’ walk away from…
Kigali – A pleasant surprise
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust When I embarked on this crazy trip, Rwanda and Kigali did…
Asa Baako – A Ghanaian music festival experience
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed”. – Alexander Pope The festival was supposed to start on the Friday afternoon and the organisers had arranged…