This is one of my personal favourite photos from my three month volunteer trip to East Africa back in 2009. It was taken during our first day after we landed in Nairobi, Kenya. We had a couchsurf organised for a couple of nights there with a local lady, who lived...
My first travel photo here is one I took while out in the middle of the Serengeti, Tanzania back in 2009. For me, whenever I think of Africa I always visualise these canopy tree's as being the symbol of the continent! Anyone who has been to Africa knows just how...
I’ve just finished a short slideshow and posted it up on youtube. Its seven minutes short, or long depending on what way you look at it :)! With over 8,000 photo’s from our African volunteer trip its difficult to keep any slideshow under the ten minute mark. It...
Well its been a rollercoaster of a three months and we got back home yesterday, much to the surprise of our family and friends. We had told them all along that we would be home on the 23rd April, so you can imagine their surprise when we showed up out of the blue. We...
Ok so we've been taking our anti-malaria tablets for the past twelve weeks(one per week) and although it hasn't sent us crazy or anything, it has certainly taken its effect on me in a few ways. The most noticeable one been nightmares. Although I do suffer from the odd...
Since I don't have any news to report on the past few days, I thought I'd share the contents on my rucksack that I brought with me to Africa. In the past whenever, I've gone traveling, I've always brought a huge suitcase or a 115 liter rucksack...which was massive....
Well we arrived back in Kampala yesterday after a week in Kigali. We had a nice time there and although we visited the Orphans of Rwanda orphanage there for the week, we didn't feel like we were helping as much as we felt we should be. This was mainly due to the fact...
Before I start this update, I want to say that its quite a long one compared to the rest of the entry’s. But if you take the time to read it, I think you’ll gain an insight into Rwandan life and it’s history. We arrived here in Kigali last Tuesday evening after a...
We’ve entered the final third of our African adventure, and have only another day left here in Kampala, before we make the eight hour journey south and across the border into Rwanda. We go to Sanyu babies home tomorrow for the last time before we leave on Tuesday. The...
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