Tag Archives: Safari
East Africa Tour Part 4 – Nairobi, Kenya
Having returned to Lusaka by bus, we flew Kenya Airways via Harare to the Kenyan capital. The airport was unusually surrounded by national park land with huge fences keeping rhinos off the runway. We would be staying two nights at the wonderful Hobb House in the north of the city, 30-minutes by our pre-booked taxi […]
East Africa Tour Part 3 – Botswana
We booked a day trip safari with Get Your Guide, an excellent service that we had used before. We were picked up at 7.30 for the 90-minute drive to the border post at Kazungula. As we approached from the Zambian side on the Kazungula Bridge, we could see three other countries – Botswana, Namibia & […]
East African Adventure
I am just back from 17-days in the east of Africa. It was a wonderful trip in very hospitable lands. It started with a flight change from Heathrow (ended up flying Rwandair to Lusaka via Kigali instead of via Nairobi with Kenya Airways), involved an aborted train journey (Lusaka to Livingstone 11-hours late, awful compartment/rabbit […]
My Iconic Travel Moments – Part One, Up Until 2010
My number one travel experience is a very personal one, which involves a site that had almost mythical status during my childhood. You see, on June 8th 1957 my parents were married at St George’s Church, Tanglin, Singapore. I was brought up on tales of how they met in the army, got engaged on Christmas […]
Thursday Bird #3 – Eagle, Kenya
This is a photo taken by my late friend Andrew Healey when he was on safari in Africa.
Africa Day – Part Two
Today is officially Africa Day. According to the South African Government website, “Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU now the AU) from its creation in May 25, 1963 in the fight against colonialism and apartheid, as well as the progress that Africa has made, […]
Ndutu, Tanzania
These pictures were taken by my friend Andrew Healy in June whilst on safari, who has kindly agreed that I can share them. No words are necessary, but if these do not make you want to pay your own visit then nothing will….
JEEP – MY TENTH TRANSPORTATION THEMED BLOG FOR THE APRIL A-Z CHALLENGE
This was another special holiday as Mrs Wilbur and I visited South Africa in 2003. The main feature of our trip was a safari in Kruger National Park. We stayed at a rustic lodge called Akeru and no sooner had we arrived than we were off in search of the Big Five. We met Ryan […]
