Looking back on the most amazing experience in our lives This is it. My last day in Africa, the nine month journey has come to an end. With one eye on the pictures we made along the way, I’m thinking of all the beautiful and inspiring sights we have seen and the exciting or challenging experiences we had. It has truly been a life lesson, ...
Continue ReadingAfter Rwanda we drove to Tanzania. Our first experience with Tanzania was painted in black, white and fluorescent yellow: the Tanzanian traffic police. Where on Rwandan roads, we saw only a handful of officers, Tanzania had stationed two law enforcers every 30 kilometres. We got stopped everywhere and had to show driving license, insurance and ...
Continue ReadingIt has been awhile since you have heard from us, but this blog writer took a short break over the holidays, so we have a lot of catching up to do! I hope everybody had a warm and loving Christmas and has celebrated a great New Year. Next story will be about our travels between Rwanda and Malawi, but since this story is still in the making, ...
Continue ReadingIt is a sunny morning and I’m sitting next to the car listening to the morning birds singing while overlooking the shadowy garden. Cornelius is still in bed trying his best to ignore the noise coming from the construction site next door. We are at a backpackers lodge in delightful Kampala, Uganda. We did manage to get here bribe-free, ...
Continue Reading“Huh? Did you see that? Was that a Q7?” “No, it can’t be”. “I’m sure though. And look there, now, to your right, a Cayenne!” “No way, are you kidding me? Impressive. And so shiny and clean!” This was the first conversation we took a turn for the ring road leading to Nairobi. And let me tell you: this country is a ...
Continue ReadingLong days of radio silence, because here in the South, Wifi is as rare as finding clean toilets. During our 6 weeks here, we have come to really appreciate Ethiopia (apart from some not so nice habits) and got used to the African pace. Let us share some of these experiences with you. Africans have the time African service and way of ...
Continue ReadingHi! Some of you have requested more eye candy: happy to oblige! From now on, we’ll post some more pictures in the photo albums and additional ones on Flickr. When you click on the Flickr link in the footer of the website, you get directed to our photo stream. We have been in Ethiopia for 2 weeks and are already looking back on some ...
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