I definitely cannot bear the thought of a weekend in Morogoro and so I tolerate the five hour journey on a Friday and Monday. Last week I arrived at Morogoro bus station to find a bus about to leave and jumped on it. I couldn’t work out why the man took my ticket, swapped it… Read More »
Bucharest is a lovely city on first impression. It has wide boulevards, trees, lots of little parks and bigger parks and excellent cycle lanes. I am used to seeing sharing schemes in China but had never seen shared scooters before I got to Bucharest. The Uber and Splash scooters are all over the city, sometimes… Read More »
I was told by a helpful taxi driver a few days earlier that to get to Kilwa I would need to go to Temeke Sudani bus terminal. So I got a Bolt taxi and 10,000 Tsh later at 7:00 I rocked up there and sat on a bus with a nice artist/musician/actor guy with crazy… Read More »
When the sun came up Zambia was displayed outside my carriage in all its glory. The first thing I noticed was that houses were often round mud houses with straw roofs. They were sometimes on their own and at other times in small groups, maybe an extended family. Glimpses of the villages and homesteads came… Read More »
I had read about the Tazara and really wanted to try it. I don’t like long distance train journeys because they are usually boring and uncomfortable. I don’t get much if any sleep and feel constantly dirty. However I like to arrive to arrive slowly and I enjoy the journey as much as the destination… Read More »
So you’ve landed at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam and now you need to get to your hotel. Do you reach for your Uber or Bolt app or are you going to throw yourself into Tanzanian life and try local transport? Here’s a guide to help you decide how, why and when… Read More »
Finding a day trip out of Dar is quite hard. Apart from the beaches (includig Bagamoyo) there really aren’t that many places to go. However, last week I heard about some hills where you can go for walks on the airport road. I had a lift to the airport from a friend and then I… Read More »
Public transport in the Philippines is very easy to use and there are plenty of public buses which run between cities. Sometimes they are air conditioned and sometimes not and the prices vary accordingly. Coaches often show a film but in the case of mine 5 hour journey to Iloilo it was a history of… Read More »