i can't claim to be a prolific traveller but i like alternative holidays, lying on a sunbed is boring. i want to be seeing amazing things, experience the culture, meet interesting people, be a bit outside my normal comfort zone, do things i've never done before, and if there's a story to tell i want to remember it, so the notes and observations i make on each trip can now be read here by anyone who has the patience.

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Showing posts with label africa. Show all posts

THE GAMBIA

Adventures with forest monkeys, gunpowder tea, boat trips, crocodiles, tobaski festival, biking and some amazing people
click to read the journal of an amazing trip to the gambia

river gambia

 November   2009
 The Gambia

Sat. November 21st  FIRST DAY
Got here all good no probs, no delays at airport but had the usual scramble with the porters to carry our bags 20 metres to the coach, its easier to just let them- a pound coin keeps them happy and saves the hassle.
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KENYA

Ramblings from the travel journal.  Searching for big cats on safari, getting lost in Mombasa, biking forest trails and dancing with the locals at Bob's Bar.  click to read what else we found in Kenya....


Ramblings from the travel journal
KENYA December 2008


 Day 1 – Monday
Arrived at Mombasa airport. Stepped off the plane to briefly experience some hot hot sun before entering the airport to pay the immigration tax, this took ages as you could only pay in US dollars and nobody had any so it meant listening to people huff and puff but no problem I thought. Bus drove through the outskirts of Mombasa to the Bamburi Beach Hotel where we are staying, the people here are very poor I think, they live in basic shacks and don’t seem to have many possessions or luxuries, I feel sad and also very lucky, as well as having a bit of an uncomfortable conscience driving through to our nice hotel. One other thing I feel is very white, the heat here seems seering and humid especially as we were slipping on ice yesterday in Crewe.

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