On day two of my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, we climbed up from Machame Hut to the Shira Plateau. We had climbed out of the clouded rain forest the day before, but it wasn't until this point that it really felt like we were way above the clouds. I took this [...]
As I wandered through the dirt streets of the village of Mto wa Mbu at Lake Manyara, Tanzania, I spotted this man pushing his bicycle piled up high with bunches of bananas. In the midday sun, this must have been very hot and tiring work, but I guess you have to do what you have [...]
On day three of my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, we hiked up to the "Lava Tower" which is the large dark section of rock in the photo above. The Lava Tower was the highest point of the trek so far at 4600m, and it was here that many people really started [...]
I shielded my eyes from the dust kicked up by a passing safari vehicle as we drove along the rough dirt track. As the dust quickly cleared I stared out of my window at the huge expanse of the Serengeti Plain. The mix of golds, browns and greens of the grass contrasted beautifully against the [...]
This week's travel photo is of a wood worker at the Curio Market in Arusha, Tanzania. The Curio Market was interesting to explore, but the constant nagging from the shop owners got a bit annoying after a while. This interesting fellow however didn't hassle me to buy a thing, and instead he told me about [...]
Like most people going on safari in Serengeti National Park in Northern Tanzania, I was thinking only of the amazing wildlife that I would encounter when I ventured there a few months ago. What caught me by surprise was that the Serengeti Plain is just so much more beautiful than I could have ever possibly [...]
Some of the most beautiful places that I have seen in the world have been while hiking. From the lush forests and mountains of the Milford Track in New Zealand, to the high altitude of the Himalayas on the Mount Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal, my love for hiking has taken me to places [...]
Rays of sunlight shined through the clouds onto the vast grasslands near Lake Manyara. Our land cruiser kicked up the dust behind it as our driver navigated the rough dirt track through the grasslands. Up ahead I could see a lone baobab tree sitting on some higher ground, it's bare root like branches standing out against [...]
My first African safari experience was in the small Lake Manyara National Park, located on the shores of Lake Manyara in Tanzania. I had spent the morning driving from Arusha with the rest of my safari group, before exploring the small town of Mto wa Mbu where we had set up camp. The afternoon was [...]
This week's travel photo is of the barren and rocky Shira Plateau with the snow capped Kibo Peak rising above it on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. I took this photo in the morning of day three of the trek before climbing up to the lava tower, located at the base of the snow capped peak ahead.
