Day 116: Maasai Mara and Mara Triangle
We didn't hear any lions during the night, only hippopotamus. A strong wind was however blowing all night dampening most other sounds. We forgot to set an alarm and only got up at 08:00. We [...]
Day 115: The Maa Trust and Maasai Mara
Caro set an alarm for 06:00, but as it still looked pitch black outside we snoozed until 06:30. We quickly got up and just put on warm clothes. By 06:40 we were in the Trust’s [...]
Day 113 – 114: Nairobi to Maa Trust near Talek
We planned to get up early, but since we were awake until midnight we snoozed for an hour and only got up at 08:00. We ate the leftover pizza for breakfast while packing in the [...]
Day 104 – 112: Nairobi
This is the longest we have stayed in one place, but it did us good. Nairobi is a wonderful place and we can see why there are so many expats here. On Friday night we [...]
Day 103: Kili Springs to Nairobi
We set our alarm for 06:30 to get an early start on the gruelling road (as described by others) to Nairobi. We left by 07:25. After a few kilometers we saw giraffe next to the [...]
Day 102: Moshi to Kenya via Tarakea-Oloitoktok border
We left Mama Simba’s Homebase by 08:40 after receiving a warm goodbye. We first headed back to Milan’s Restaurant as we wanted more Paneer Samosas, but unfortunately they did have any that early in the [...]
Day 100 – 101: Moshi
We stayed at Mama Simba for two more nights, basically just studying and working all day. On Monday we went to Milan's Restaurant, a vegetarian Indian restaurant. We ordered Paneer Samosas which were delicious and [...]
Day 98 – 99: Usambaras to Moshi
We woke up at 06:00 with the sound of heavy rain drops on the tent. We tried to mentally block it out (and the consequences) and hoped for it to go away, but when the [...]
Day 96 – 97: Tanga to West Usambaras
We packed up everything again the night before so that we can have an early start. We didn’t set an alarm so only got up passed 08:00 and then only managed to leave passed 09:00. [...]