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Day 133: Lalibela to Nairobi – The day of delays

2017-07-05T21:48:09+02:00 June 24th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Trip Report|

We got up at 07:00 again and packed our bags. By 07:20 were sitting in the restaurant and ordered Ethiopian bread with honey. By 07:50 it had still not arrived. Just as our driver came to call us the food and tea arrived. We quickly gulped down the tea and took the bread in our [...]

Day 131 – 132: Gondar to Lalibela

2017-07-05T19:50:22+02:00 June 23rd, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Trip Report|

We got woken by a knock on the door from the receptionist who said our car is waiting outside - 30 minutes to early. We got dressed and packed up in 10 minutes. We both had a bit of a cold which didn’t seem to get better and we didn’t have any medicine left. A [...]

Day 128 – 130: Simien Mountains Trek

2017-06-27T17:40:53+02:00 June 21st, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Trip Report|

We got up at 06:15 and packed our bags. By 06:30 the power came on so we plugged in our phones, but somehow the hot water still didn't work. We went down for breakfast and just ordered toast and tea. The skies were blue, so we were hopeful. At 07:30 we went to the the [...]

Day 127: Bahir Dar to Gondar

2017-06-27T16:50:46+02:00 June 18th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Trip Report|

We didn't set an alarm, but got up around 07:00. Caro was still not feeling well, but we packed up and had a quick scrambled egg and toast breakfast for R22. We then walked to the bus station without being harassed. Only at the last moment did 5 touts jump around us shouting Gondar. We [...]

Day 125 – 126: Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar

2017-06-26T10:43:00+02:00 June 16th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Trip Report|

The alarm went off at 03:45, but it didn't really wake us up, because we were basically awake the whole night due to one or two mosquitoes and the creaking bed and hard cushions. By 04:00 we were at the gate and the taxi was one time. As Michael expected we were at the bus [...]

Day 124: Addis Ababa

2017-06-26T10:01:27+02:00 June 15th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Trip Report|

Caro woke up early to do the last finishing touches on her assignment before submitting it. Hugo slept until passed 09:00. We decided we would stay another night at the guesthouse instead of trying to find a place closer to the bus station. When Hugo went down to inquire about this they asked what we [...]

Day 123: Nairobi to Addis Ababa

2017-06-26T11:18:19+02:00 June 14th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Trip Report|

Our alarm went off at 06:00. We got up and took showers, closed the tent and packed everything away. At 06:50 we requested and Uber and then went to park the car and lock everything. At 07:00 the Uber arrived and took us to the airport. There was very little traffic so we got to [...]

Day 121 – 122: Nakuru back to Nairobi

2017-06-26T12:38:58+02:00 June 12th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Kenya, Trip Report|

Today we're heading back to Nairobi as we're flying to Addis Ababa on Wednesdays. We weren't originally planning on visiting Ethiopia during this trip as we weren't up for the bureaucracy involved in getting a visa and also the added distance. Being so close, however, we started looking at prices for flights. It is obviously [...]

Day 118 – 120: Nakuru

2017-06-26T08:00:42+02:00 June 11th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Kenya, Trip Report|

We got up early and had breakfast with the Aucamps. Today they're visiting one of the Yasha Ministry schools and we're going with. We offered to drive with our vehicle and more people came in another one. The other car overheated after about 2km so in the end it was just our car with 5 [...]

Day 117: Mara Triangle to Nakuru

2017-06-12T16:53:01+02:00 June 11th, 2017|Categories: Africa, Kenya, Trip Report|

This time we remembered to set an alarm and woke up at 06:00. Sometime during the night a vehicle dropped off a female ranger and the two proceeded to talk loudly late into the night. Caro was luckily blissfully unaware of this, otherwise there would have been big trouble. Before we got up a vehicle [...]