“The Fort” as they call Fort Portal. Though quite different from the Fort I grew up in. Town didn’t have a lot to offer beyond a dirt strip through the center (in my opinion… girls seemed to like it more…
Kampala, Uganda – Day 167
Kampala is an incredibly green and hilly city; it’s fairly safe to walk around, even at night. An overhead map of it looks like a bowl of spaghetti and as a result it has some of the worst traffic problems…
Jinja, Uganda – Day 162
Ride to the border in Kenya was FANTASTIC (comparitively speaking of course); crossing was a breeze (although we later found out that a friend we met from Ireland almost went to jail for smoking at the border). First thing I…
Kisumu, Kenya – Day 160
Kisumu is Kenya’s 3rd largest city and sits on the northshore of Lake Victoria. The ride there was horrific, to put it lightly. Were supposed to get a big bus, but it never turned up from Nairobi so we crammed…
Lake Naivasha, Kenya – Day 156
Plane back from Lamu to Nairobi was delayed 3 hours; sat there at the outdoor airport in the 42C heat 🙁 Fun. Got to Nairobi and watching the news found out there was an airplane crash at the airport that…
Lamu, Kenya – Day 145
Getting into Nairobi from Addis turned out to be a tremendously easy day of travel, contrary to what I expected – no need to show vaccination cards, or proof of exiting at the airport like we were told we’d need…
Harar, Ethiopia – Day 141
Up at 4:45 in Addis, cabbed to the bus station, found a bus to Harar no problem. There we sat cramped up in a tiny seat on an old, clunky, vibrating machine. At least there were no chickens on board.…
Lalibela, Ethiopia – Day 135
Left Gondar around 6am for the 10 hour trek to Lalibela. Apparently not too long ago you pretty much had to fly in, and the road now isn’t a whole lot better (takes 2 full days by bus). Built way…
Gondar, Ethiopia – Day 133
I got to check out the first hotel we stopped at, so we went with that one and saved us an hour of driving around town comparing hotels (might be the last time I get to check the hotel though…
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia – Day 130
Left Addis around 6am to make the 12hour jaunt to Bahir Dar; roads (and most other infrastructure) get a lot more attention in the North (apparently because the politicians are from the North) and so the drive was quite a…