These Corners of the World

My African Safari - Day 12 (The end of the road)

While I wasn't due to leave Africa just yet - future plans included exploration of the area around Kilimanjaro followed by a few more da

My African Safari - Day 11 (Attacked over a piece of chicken)

Hippos may look placid, but they're actually incredibly dangerous and are unpredictable. In the end, however, it wasn't the hippos

My African Safari - Day 10 (Lion prides from Serengeti to Ngorongoro)

Driving cautiously around the back of Pride Rock, we caught an even more majestic sight - an enormous male lion, bulging with muscles, lay q

My African Safari - Day 9 (Camping in the Serengeti)

As you can imagine, the trek from my tent to the outhouse toilet was terrifying. I only went twice after dark, and the trek was only maybe a

My African Safari - Day 8 (Views of Mount Kilimanjaro)

As soon as we had eaten and left the hotel, I realised today was the day I would finally set eyes on the famous Mount Kilimanjaro. It was as

My African Safari - Day 7 (A little luxury in Amboseli)

His friend was driving along when, up ahead, he spotted a snake on the road. A big one. The snake disappeared, however, and he couldn't

My African Safari - Day 6 (Cycling through Hell's Gate)

Cycling through Hell's Gate was one of the most enjoyable days I had on my entire safari experience. I got to get up close and personal

My African Safari - Day 5 (Getting up close and personal with white rhinos)

A few days later I befriended a different guide, and I asked him what kind of dangerous situations he had encountered as part of his job. He

My African Safari - Day 4 (Escaping death by lion)

Never in my life will I ever forget the sound of that poor gazelle's bones crunching and compressing within the jaws of that fearsome ca

My African Safari - Day 3 (Burn tattooed by the Maasai tribe)

Only a few metres away, in a clearing between two bushes, three tiny lion cubs were jumping and playing and rolling around in the grass with

My African Safari - Day 2 (Bedding down in Maasai Mara)

Beyond the nearest bushes, still and calm and entirely ignoring us, sat a beautiful, golden, muscle-laden lioness. Facing away from the comm

My African Safari - Day 1 (Learning about Pole Pole in Nairobi)

I learned something very important about Kenya, and about East Africa in general. It is best demonstrated with a well-used phrase called Pol

EuroTrip 2017 - Week 4 (Making friends in Dracula's Romania)

In Romanian mythology, the Strigoi were the troubled spirits of the dead rising from the grave. Some strigoi can be living people with certa

EuroTrip 2017 - Week 3 (The time I got stranded on a bear- and wolf-infested mountain in Bulgaria)

started to walk a little bit further away from him. He followed. He asked me something in Bulgarian. I said no. He began to gesture to the

EuroTrip 2017 - Week 2 (Vienna and Budapest)

While I was saddened to leave the beautiful landscapes and laid back vibes of Bratislava, Austria was calling. For transport between the...