Between Trips

T(anzania) minus 2! Two more sleeps until I leave for Tanzania. I’m pretty excited, finally. Not that I didn’t want to go until now, but I was too busy with other stuff, such as the seminar on electrical engineering for translators I attended in Hildesheim this weekend. It was a lot of fun, and even […]

Planning and Processing

Still working on the next installment of the New Zealand report, but a lot of things are going on right now. For one, I’m going to leave how to dive! I’m super excited for that, especially in light of the Tanzania trip this summer. Diving in Zanzibar? Yes, please. In a fairly spontaneous move, a […]

Africa 2012: An… Interlude?

So, umm. I guess I’m back home? Eleven days ago, I celebrated my birthday in Dar es Salaam. Right between a swimming pool and the Indian Ocean. And then we went to Zanzibar and I got sick and I couldn’t sleep. And six days ago, we left Zanzibar. But because I was feeling so crappy, […]

Africa 2012: We Are Here

We’re in a bit of a rush right now, but we just wanted to say that we got here okay. We’re in Tanzania now, going into Ngorongoro Crater tomorrow, and then we’re off to Dar and Zanzibar in two or three days. It’s been surprisingly chilly, but today we actually had some sunshine. As in, […]

Africa 2012: Tentative Schedule

Kate & Isa’s Epic Africa Trip ’12 August/September ’12 mid- / late July → Kate arrives (after spending some time in London with Kelly) 02-03 Aug → Berlin—Nairobi 04 Aug-28 Sept → Oasis Overland Coast to Coast days 01-04: Nairobi, crossing into Tanzania, Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park days 05-09: Kilimanjaro, […]

2012 Update

London has been booked! 06-13 March, hell yes. Even going with Lufthansa from TXL, faaancy. But it was only a few bucks more than easyjet from SXF, and that is just a pain. What remains to be booked are tickets to The Lion King. First I wasn’t sure how to go about this (book at […]