East Africa Travel Stories Travel Articles

Moshi, Tanzania (26 May 2002)

Nine months of cycling without music has been too much of a challenge for Al. He asks what would be your soundtrack for a trip around the world? Also, Al will be avidly watching the World Cup from an

Nairobi to Dar Es Salaam (6 June 2002)

It was an exciting first afternoon in Dar Es Salaam. Al was faced with a horrible, horrible dilemma and then received a mysterious warning via a cell phone call. All this amidst the Greatest Show on E

Dar Es Salaam to Blantyre, Malawi (July 2002)

Tanzania was fun - a gentle, pleasant and amusing country and people: a country that calls roundabouts "keepy-a-lefty's". Now it's on to Malawi a country trapped in a spiralling famine, due party to a

One of the 1001 Night Stories – Zanzibar, Tanzania

Jenny Teng was so relieved to have survived the 20

21: There’s an Elephant Where? – Diary of a Single Girl – Masai Mara National Park, Kenya

Cockroaches and other animals test Ria's bladder control, but game wardens are the most ferocious creatures in Masai Mara National Park.

20: The Masai Monkey Murders – Diary of a Single Girl – Masai Mara National Park, Kenya

No matter where you go, you cannot escape the violence of man.

19: The Giraffe Near the Airport… – Diary of a Single Girl – Nairobi, Kenya

In Nairobi never trust a tout, look out for hookers and muggers, and remember that sometimes tears are all you need against predators.

Gorillas in the Mist – Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo

Gorillas in the Mist Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo To spend an hour with one of nature’s great species and one of our closest relatives is an experience like no other on this earth. Mountain gorillas are an endangered species. There are only 650 left in the wild jungles, in a [...]

African Journey Mentality: Kasenyi and the Isles by Night – Kasenyi, Uganda

Helen Williams was a lone muzungu, travelling the

Gorillas in our Midst – Uganda

Unreliable transport, red ants and a tough hike on