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The highlight of the bucket list year is about to begin in time for Bel's birthday. Rwanda and Nepal's Lower Mustang, here we come! Read more
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    🇷🇼 Rwimbogo, Rwanda
    Mustang Mally
    Magashi Camp: home for the next 2 nights
    Jeff drove us 3.5 hrs from Kigali. Paved roads turned into dirt roads and real RwandaThe style of houses changedAnd the greetings became warmerOur rendezvous with Assiat to change vehiclesA big happy birthday on arrivalAnd a quick reassurance that we wouldn't starveBeer of the day 1: Mutzig. Favoured by the locals this will be hard to beat.Lakeside tent luxuryComplete with balcony and mosquito netWe were excited to see an antelope. 24hrs later we had seen hundredsThese guys are worth the excitementTopi became my spirit animal. Somehow I could always spot them before the guide.Nice spot for a sundownerOur Hilux had a few handy modificationsThey like to eat on land but don't get between them and the water!A magical find on our first safari day. The elusive leopard!Who wasn't too happy that we had outed him mid-stalk. Sorry leopard.After dinner we heard some strange noises by the pool. Flash was not an option.Happy birthday with the colours of the Rwandan flag

    Oh Magashi

    Yesterday in Rwanda ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    OMG. What a beautiful place! I had in my head that this was a "filler" before the gorillas later on but this is an amazing destination in its own right. We were greeted with typical African love to a lakeside resort inside the Akagera National Park. Waterfront mosquito netted huts with an unlimited minibar, flash safari vehicles, the whole resort to ourselves... what's not to love?Read more

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    Hotel Rwanda: Not glam, but full of local art and artifacts
    Killing time at the first of our two long transits. Can only drink so much cognac in 8 hours.Next stop, but facing a 10 hr transit & unable to check in until 3 hrs prior, we sought refuge.A metal chair and last ditch CNY celebrations didn't seem like a great optionSo we found the cheapest day room of the airport hotels: we later remembered that we stayed here b4!An airport lounge that has good beer and shows the golf and cricket on TV!Our last leg! Nearly 4 hrs to Kigali. Rwandair was better than expected!Jeff met us with a LandCruiser. A promise of things to come.Kigali is clean and green. Every 4 weeks they have a community cleaning day!1View from the hotelNice place. A little aged but good enough if you're just looking for a comfortable base.

    Livin it up in the Hotel Rwanda

    February 26 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    What a long haul to get here: these gorillas better be good. Yes, it was business class but it was still nearly 48 hrs door to door. Sydney-Singapore-Johannesburg-Kigali.

    We are staying in the Hotel des Mille Collines which is the new name for the original Hotel Rwanda where thousands of Tutsi refugees were hidden from the Hutu militia during the genocide. I'll have to watch the movie now:
    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/

    The history is nice but it's essentially a relatively budget place to crash for the night before our adventures begin tomorrow.    Read more

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    Expectations vs Reality

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 23 °C

    Ok so I used AI to create the title photo before we left. I kinda like the square jaw version of me tho 🤣. We are smiling, groomed and not at all sweaty... let's see how that stacks up. This is the obligatory Sydney photo to commence tracking. Adios!Read more

    Trip start
    February 26, 2026
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