Kenya is the country to visit if one wants to experience truly African landscape. This beautiful land of rich topography is the home of thousands of species of wild animals, most of which living in freedom, that is not fenced anyhow. Vast golden savannas, rocky mountains covered by jungle, even pine forests resembling our Polish ‘Bory Tucholskie’. When traversing the country from the bumpy dusty main national road, every kilometer or so there are big herds of cattle, sheep and goats. Among them one tiny, bright red dot is moving. This is the masai shepherd.
Wild side of Tanzania
The mainland of this vast county differs hugely from the slow and sleepy Zanzibar. We narrowed our choice to the Ngorongoro crater and Tarangire National Park. We decided to skip the famous Serengeti National Park, because the great Wildebeest migration had already wondered off (although all the Tanzania’s safari agencies claimed otherwise). We decided to catch up with them Kenia’s Masai Mara.
Vicky falls
Mh, that is some amount of water purring just meters from you*. Raining cats and dogs in a kilometer radius, if you want to take a picture of the falls themselves expect to be drenched. Actually, it is hardly possible to take out the camera. We had to work out a system with plastic bag wrapped around the camera and pet-bottle extensions for the lenses 
The country of trillionaires
Zimbabwe now is very different from what the media usually served us. It is friendly and safe. The shops and gas stations are well stocked. There is a quite good infrastructure, normal asphalt roads, and plenty of cars on the streets. Somewhat surprising, especially after Mozambique.
June 21, 2010
Dream beaches of Mozambique
Getting here was a nightmare, but the clean white powder sand, and 2500 km of vast, unspoiled and empty coastline turned out to be the best reward. Tofu, a fishermen coastal village is so much different from the dirty, crowded capital of Maputo. And the famous diving with Manta Rays! When I first saw the Manta Ray above me, I thought it was boat. These monsters can be up to 7m wide! They usually slowly cruise around in small groups, with dozens of suckers glued underneath each one. Despite the poor visibility (the surge was very strong after a week of storm) it was worth the time and effort we spent to get there.
June 12, 2010
Give me 5, the Big 5 !
We rented a car, attached to it a South Africa flag, and headed for a 3-day safari in the famous Kruger’s National Park. We well blended in the crowd of South Africans escaping the world cup. They usually begun their conversation in Africaan language, thinking we’re one of them. This was a funny experience and I must admit Africaan (historically based on Dutch) is quite understandable if you speak German.
May 20, 2010
Giant Potato Cod
Great Barrier Reef diving safari from Cairns was, as the name suggests, great. Definitely the best underwater sites I’ve seen so far. Hard to name all the fish, corals, sponges and creatures that live there; just have a glimpse at the pics. Read the rest of this entry »
May 16, 2010
The land of Kiwis
New Zeeland welcomed us with a cold breeze. At least that’s how it felt after the warmth of Fijian beaches.
May 5, 2010
Fiji
Bula! is the Fijian greeting used all over the islands. However, instead of “Bula” we heard “Czesc!”from Kasia and Michal who were decided to drop by! Soon afterwards Ania and Lucien joined too, slightly delayed (by one week) by the volcano on Island. So in the end we were 6 happy travelers on Fiji. What a meeting on the other side of the globe! The world is getting really small and “flat”.
April 12, 2010
Tikal’s pyramids and falling mokeys
In El Remate, a small city which serves as base-camp for Tical, we met Adam and Greg – the first visitors on our RTW! It was a huge change for us. They came with their own car that, although registered for as many as five people, usually carried no more than five people! Read the rest of this entry »