I had toyed with the idea of going over in Burundi while I was in Kigoma but I had forgotten about COVID restrictions and when I looked at the requirements, it became obvious it would be too expensive, time consuming and difficult, especially with quarantine regulations. I decided to keep that trip for another day.… Read More »
I needed to renew visa for another three months and so I had been planning on which country to go to, to renew. The options were to go back to Uganda or Kenya or try a new country. The new countries on my list were Malawi or Zambia. William had suggested that I could get… Read More »
I love crossing a border overland, to physically walk across a bridge or a river and so I was looking forward to seeing what it was like at the Uganda Rwanda border. The Jaguar bus stopped an hour or so after leaving Kibale and we were told to get off. The diver shouted ‘border!’ and… Read More »
It’s very easy to get to Vietnam from China if you have time.International flights are expsnive so take an internal flight and then a b us. And if you go to Kunming you can cross the border at Hekou into Lao Cai town and then get a taxi for about $30 to Lao Chai village… Read More »
I wanted to get away from Shanghai for a while and looked on the map and could see that Vietnam was very close and I figured that if I got myself to Nanning I could probably get a bus across the mountains to Vietnam. SO that is what I did. Here is what I did… Read More »