Nyungwe Forest, Waterfall Hike

Cereal and fruit for breakfast this morning and a civilised 8.30am departure for the Waterfall Hike in Nyungwe Forest. The weather is a couple of degrees cooler in this area, but still pleasantly midLue lisää
Shopping and driving, Kigali to Kamembe

Before leaving Kigali, we went into the city centre to look for some fabric from a "hole in the wall" shop - it was no more than a metre wide, but was stacked floor to ceiling with fabric and plentyLue lisää
It's all about the cache!

We had a later start today for the trip to Nyungwe Forest, with breakfast scheduled for 7.30am... but I've had my eye on a nearby cache, so this morning was our opportunity to attempt it. It is onlyLue lisää
Mongoose and markets

This morning we had a game drive before breakfast, to try and see some of the nocturnal animals as they return home. Coffee was served at 5.15am and we were off in the dark at 5.30am.
We spottedLue lisää
Looking for aardvarks on the savannah

Another public holiday, this time to commemorate the end of the 100 day genocide, but we're unlikely to see any ceremonies out here. We have another early start, 5.30am breakfast and on the road atLue lisää
Kigali to Akagera

After a draining morning, we went to a money changer to get some local currency, then lunch at a local restaurant, before heading two hours east to Akagera National Park, on the border with Tanzania.Lue lisää
From Heaven to Hell

7am breakfast on the outdoor deck of the Heaven restaurant, under the shade of an Umuvumu tree. This is significant because it's the tree which is found in many villages where they hold town meetings,Lue lisää
Doha to Heaven,via Entebbe

Wake up time was 4.20am for a 5am departure to the airport. The roads are busy already and the overnight construction is still going on - most construction during summer happens at night because ofLue lisää
Doha city tour

Late afternoon pickup for a 5 hour city tour (3pm to 8pm when the weather is a bit cooler - it got to 47 today, forecast to be 50 degrees tomorrow 😮).
Driving around, it seems that every cornerLue lisää
Wecome to Doha

Arrived 5.30am, earlier than scheduled - all flights into Doha are currently only using a northern approach corridor so they don't cross Saudi, Bahrain or Dubai airspace, so we were expecting delays,Lue lisää
Doha

Nice to have some dancing girls to serenade us at the airport... or they were here for the inaugural flught of Fiji Airways into Adelaide, who can tell!
Adelaide

Welcome to our new blog! For this trip we’ve changed our blog site, to FindPenguins... only because the site we were previously using (TravelPod) is shutting down this month. Hopefully it will be asLue lisää
2 days for the price of 1

Early start, 8.05 flight Adelaide to Sydney, 1 hour delay in Sydney as our plane wasn't ready, but a painless 12 hour flight to Santiago... which means we got to Santiago an hour before we leftLue lisää
MatkaajaWonderful, what a privilege to be going through this area.
Darren and JanetThanks Thommo - there's way more here than we imagined!