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Someone had created a WhatsApp group for us and when I woke up this morning, I learnt some monkeys had entered Steven’s room while he was out taking some early morning photos. I recall there was a notice in my room – which according to confirmation from others was in all rooms – to keep your windows…
We checked out of Sea Cliff Hotel this morning, but it was someone else and not Vumbi came to pick us up on the way to the jetty. Kojo chose a safari fam trip, while I was on the Zanzibar team with Max. We did a round to pick up some people from their hotels, like…
I slept long and by the time I got up the sun was very much up. I took a stroll down the deserted beach before returning to my room to freshen up. After brekkie, I checked Eumeuh and discovered another guy at the reception. He told me Eumeuh would come later in the afternoon. I…
We were back at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in the morning. At midday, we were taken on a tour of Dar City. Our first port of call was the National Museum where we spent quite some time. Due to lack of time, we couldn’t explore other places in the city, but we still…
When I got downstairs for breakfast, I discovered who the other members of my group were. They were rounding up when Mark and I came down. Mark’s group were scheduled to leave much later to their destination, while we had a flight to catch to Victoria Falls city. The team included Sam Nyaude whom I…
It was Thursday and time to bid Saly farewell and head up north. Saint Louis, the former capital of Senegal was calling. I called Mamadou* and by the time I had checked out of my room, while settling down to the quick brekkie which Dominique had fixed for me, Mamadou showed up. With breakfast over,…
It’s Day 2 of the Swahili International Tourism Expo and we were waiting downstairs by the time Vumbi arrived. As we drove into town after making the rounds to pick up the others from their hotels, we notice a train of people in blue t-shirts jogging along. Vumbi informed us it was a special day…
I love Zimbabwe. The people are warm and friendly, the climate suits me well, even in winter and I love the scenic topography of most of the places I have been to. A couple of personal tragedies dampened my excitement as I made preparations for my second journey to Zimbabwe. About a month to my…
Vumbi was back with the driver and the bus early in the morning. I had to rush my breakfast because I didn’t get to the restaurant on time. We did the rounds again, picking others from Sea Cliff Court and Double Tree by Hilton before heading to the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) for…
If you followed the series “My Uganda Memoirs” you’ll probably have read where I mentioned doing the bungee jump on Saint Valentine’s Day while I was in Jinja in the country known as the Pearl of Africa. Jinja is regarded as the Adrenaline Capital of East Africa because of the several activities one can engage in in the…
