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Zanzibar: spices, wind, tropical dreams, big smiles

gerry — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:29:52 +0000

Zanzibar has a very unique feel to it. You can feel the Arab, African and Muslim influences, but all is very peaceful. One reason is that fact that everyone seems to have enough to eat and drink and a roof over their head.

The real Lion King

gerry — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:54:43 +0000

Our driver’s name was Godlisten and he was so chilled that he may just be one of the representatives from our universe. Over xmas 2013 we did Tanzania the Express way. Seven days, 3 parks, lots of impressions, and thousands and thousands of animals. I have so many impressions in my mind that it feels now like we were there for many weeks. I can feel the heat, see the dust on the earth, the intense blue and red from the Massai by the side of the road in their villages, smell the vegetation through the humid air, and sense the energy from a herd of massive elephants only meters away from our Landcruiser. We started in Tangarire, headed to Karatu as our base, spend a day in Ngoronggorong, then headed down to Lake Manyara, over to Moshi at the foot of Kilimandscharo. Standing at the edge of the crater you sense that moment of the Lion King looking at all his animals in the endless plane. In real life this is the base of a crater with about 10 by 10 km and thousands and thousands of animals.

Xmas day: “Can you bring the word of good to our people”?

True North

gerry — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:09:49 +0000

Clearly the worst month to hang out pretty much anywhere in Europe’s hot spots is August, the reason being of course that it is hot, dirty and filled with endless batches of tourists. A notable exception is Sweden: the tourist season shuts down at the beginning of August, and we pretty much had the country to ourselves. Yes, nights were getting shorter, and the weather played its game, but it is still one of the best months to travel in this amazing place.

As we had learned from many previous trips, the spontaneous flow travel style offers the greatest experiences and rewards, especially when traveling with the van.

Lineup of Faro locals… 3 vans 3 kites on the water. The island has 50 inhabitants in the winter and wind on ca. 300 days a year, as well as beautiful white sand beaches.