Considering how popular and beautiful the Maasai Mara is it is a Royal pain in the ass to get to. But get there we did and it is amazing. On the way we stopped off at a Maasai village. The Masai people have really embraced tourism to a huge degree and although we got totally ripped off there it was still very much interesting and worthwhile seeing and hearing their culture of polygamy and lion killing!!! In the Masai Mara itself there are literally hundreds...

Following the previously mentioned hastily arranged flight to Nairobi Simon and I met up at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, which in the end was the best solution, despite being not in the budget planning as I had no idea where I was going. The Saturday was a day at leisure - which meant fending of Nairobi street vendors during a walk into the town centre. Really not a lot going on there and we were both happy to be heading off the next morning. Justin froim...

So according to my trusty camera it is day 47 of the trip and to be entirely honest it feels like day 3 or 4, except maybe the confidence that i think it took me a few weeks to garner with respect to dealing with any type of business transaction, con-men, peddlers, beggars and every other individual that seems to cross your path in africa with not quite a "genuine interest" in one...In saying that in general and can now say with the utmost confidence t...

Well its been 3weeks (I think) since I have left Dublin (which is so hard to believe - obviously a good sign tho!) and today is my 1st visit to civilisation - i.e. in Kampala for the weekend. The nearest actual town to where i am based is called Kytorea and is about a 20-30min drive from KAASO along what can only be described as a dirt track! The fact that the national sport in Uganda so far seems to be running people of the road makes this 20min potholed (to be ...