All posts for east african countries
We often heard about the kindness of strangers from other Overlanders and got experience it firsthand in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The drive from the border town of Moyale to Addis Ababa took 3 days. It started off with a very stressful border crossing on Ethiopian side – more on this in an upcoming blog post….
By Khairunnisa On day thirty four of our travels, we started to make our way towards the much anticipated Tanzanian National Parks. We ate a traditional lunch at Bhaajia along the side of the main road in Arusha, bought some airtime and drove towards the Ngorongoro National Park. We stopped along the way at lake Manyara National Park where we…
Had we researched the route before leaving, we would most definitely have had a much less interesting day but also unbeknown to us we were on a mission. A mission to deliver a Qur’an. We had arrived the previous night in the Tanzanian capital city of Dodoma and spent the night in a refurbished budget hotel called…
We woke early with the sound of the Adhaan, prayed Fajar (morning prayer) and went back to sleep. We woke up again much later and had to rush as checkout time had approached. Being stressed about not getting late for checkout, K began taking the bags to the car and left them next to the…