Archive for April, 2007
April 30th, 2007 at 01:24am
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I will be traveling by myself in East Africa for a few months starting in early June, so I’m looking for travel mates. I plan on flying from Kigali to Dar Es Salaam on or around June 29 to check out the 10th Annual Zanzibar International Film Festival plus scuba diving and the beach for a few days, and then making my way to Kilimanjaro and then onto the Serengetti.
The Festival is supposed to be one of the biggest in Africa. Has anyone ever attended it before?
I am then meeting people at Kilimanjaro on July 5 for an 8-day climb on the machame route, and then if I’m still alive, I’ll venture over to the Serengetti. Besides Kilimanjaro, I’m planning on doing this all myself without booking any overland tour - not sure if this is a good idea or not? And even though I’m flying into […]
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April 30th, 2007 at 01:11am
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I will be traveling by myself in East Africa for a few months starting in early June. I plan on doing a Gorilla tracking safari either the first or last week of June (preferably in Rwanda), and I am looking for some advice and possibly a travel partner.
As of now I will probably book a guided tour with a Ugandan operator who will take me from Jinja, Uganda to a Gorilla site in Rwanda. However, I’d like to avoid paying the high tour fees (on top of the $500 park entry fees). Can anyone suggest a reputable, cheap tour operator? Or is it easy to get to the site on your own and book the permit on your own beforehand from outside the country (I’m in North America).
People interesting in traveling together, I plan on spending a day or two in Kigali after the Gorilla safari, then flying to […]
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April 23rd, 2007 at 11:03pm
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To all,
I am a 26-year old straight male from New York City.
I want to volunteer in or around Nairobi between July 1st and July 22nd, but I’m still searching for alternatives to the typical high “placement fee” programs like i-to-i or African Impact. I’m looking for a project where I can work in some sort of construction project for housing, schools or hospitals. I’d like to get into economic development at some point, so what better way to get exposed to the conditions on the ground that by working side-by-side with people from the community. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Regarding traveling afterwards. I plan on traveling through eastern/southern Africa until the end of August. I was planning on doing a Kilimanjaro climb on or around July 25th, and then going on two safaris via go2africa:
August 5 to 11th: http://www.overlandafrica.com/tours_temp.asp?TourNo=185
August 11th to August 26th: http://www.overlandafrica.com/tours_temp.asp?TourNo=331
I’ve only […]
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April 22nd, 2007 at 12:56am
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Does anyone know if any progress has been made on the new tar road from Dodoma to Mwanza which has been under construction for several years. Work was still underway when we travelled the route last August.
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April 19th, 2007 at 06:55pm
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TravelPod Local Expert Jawaid Rulal was born in Kenya and spent 20 years living in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. He has travelled 66 countries!
Jawaid says:
In my opinion I would rank the following as the best five things to see in East Africa are:LAKE NAKURU & SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK in Kenya, NGORONGORO CRATER & MT. KILIMANJARO In Tanzania and LAKE VICTORIA in Uganda.
Feel free to post questions to him here!
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April 17th, 2007 at 06:59am
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I like travelling and visiting other places. Listening and watching anothe culture, watching life go by and finding out more about nature. I love that.I’ve travelled alot and am still traveling but for a spectacular travell, East Africa, Rwanda and DR Congo win the word…..Imagine Gorrilas,Green Nations with a balanced weather you may never findf any where else. How about the many different species of Birds, Animals and Trees, Plenty of National Parks that will make you love the wild if you never did………..I don’t know what i can add on but with what i’ve seen through my travell experiences, i think this is one of the best but indeed the B** area you can ever go too…….Guess what, you can tell by your self if at all you tried out a trip to any f the countries or the whole region…….For more info, don’t hesitate to mail back; feel […]
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April 16th, 2007 at 10:53am
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What happened: This week’s race came down to the luck of the draw that is flying standby. The earliest flights from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Hong Kong were all fully booked, so teams were forced to race around the airport…
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April 8th, 2007 at 06:00am
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Amazing Race viewers, Our regular Race correspondent Colleen Clark is off this week, so we turn to you to help with this week’s post. Please share your comments, recap the action and offer your own travel tips and insight based…
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April 7th, 2007 at 03:13pm
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What one animal would you love to see on a safari?
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April 4th, 2007 at 11:02am
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My partner and I are about to go on a world tour with a long stop n South Africa to do a zero to hero sailing course in South Africa. I was wondering if there are any stories about the school? Good, bad and ugly?
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April 2nd, 2007 at 11:02am
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What happened: Flight headaches continued to plague teams this week’s double-leg race from Zanzibar, Tanzania, to Warsaw, Poland. Delays, communication problems and missed connections meant that some teams began the next leg of the race before others even arrived in…
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