Category: Cape to Cape

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2 September 2013 Woken in the early hours by the muezzin from the many mosques that surround the hotel. One of the mosques has an air raid type wail. It’s sunni not shia (or vice versa). Woken again in the early hours by very heavy rain. Which lasts a matter of… Read more

Zanzibar, Zanzibar Urban/West, Tanzania 1 September 2013 Right then….back again…..typing this in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, after two weeks of no internet on the train. Internet is a bit slow so only going to do short blogs as have lots to catch up on! Typing this looking out of bedroom window at the mist rising from… Read more

Zanzibar, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania 31 August 2013 Awake. Alive. Phew. Still short of breath. Minimal sleep, early alarm call and another long day of travelling to come. The lights keep going out at breakfast. Either a power cut or someone leaning on the light switch. Shuttle to airport and Ugandan businessman mentions to driver he… Read more

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 30 August 2013 Surprisingly straight through security at Frankfurt. Unusually quiet at this early hour. Passport control on the other hand takes an eternity. It’s not vot ze Germans are used to. French efficiency rather than the usual Teutonic speed. Route to Addis Ababa is over the Alps, down the Dalmatian coast,… Read more

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany 29 August 2013 I know someo of you have actually been missing your daily digest…..partly because it eases you into your working day. Hope to continue to update the blog but it will be more sporadic as internet access won’t be as easily available over the next six weeks due to travelling… Read more

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 17 August 2013 Sleep disturbed at 0130hrs by the bloke next door shouting down his phone. Don’t like rooms with interconnecting doors. Pet travel hate. Sleep disturbed at 0600hrs by the telephone. It’s the alarm call. Don’t like alarm calls in the early hours. Pet travel hate #2. The last thing… Read more

Amman, Amman, Jordan 16 August 2013 Quick breakfast before WAMC departs for the airport. Amman-Cairo then 10hrs confined in Cairo airport waiting until the overnight flight. We’ll meet again in Jo’burg in a few weeks. Uneventful day catching up on emails, blog and diary. First day in a month of travel of being stationary. Much… Read more

Amman, Jordan 15 August 2013 Early flight to Cairo today. Or that was the plan. Arrive Aqaba airport after a 10min journey into the desert. Much smaller than Tromso airport. It’s the full security shakedown. Watches off, boots off, belts off, computers out. Stupidly though, the liquids, the bottles of water and whisky are OK… Read more

Aqaba, Aqaba, Jordan 14 August 2013 The observant amongst you will note there’s been no blog for a few days which has caused some to worry about my welfare. All is well and all will become clear. Back to Aqaba…… Breakfast is extremely busy and noisy with Arabs shouting and screaming over their hummus. It’s… Read more

Aqaba, Jordan 13 August 2013 First conversation of the day with a native. 12 year old postcard seller, “Where you from?”. England. “Luvly jubbly”, he replies. Walk down the path to the entrance of Petra’s Siq. Accosted by every single tout with a horse, “You wanna horse?”. No. If I want a horse I’d have… Read more