An Africa odyssey

drron · 2026-09-27T14:56:01+1000

Those porters really can earn their money. We saw the GORILLAS IN Bwindi. Mrsdrron wanted us to call off the trip as she was in a moon boot. got in touch with the hotel and they replied that they had a Sedan Chair so sh would be able to see the gorillas. There though the start point for the gorillas was just across the road from our accommodation. The sedan chair was an airline seat connected to 2 large poles. We had 12 porters. They carried Mrsdrron 4 at a time. Mrsdrron was convinced she would hold everyone up. We started and her porters ran to the place where a new lot of 4 took over. The rest of our group couldn't keep up with her. They got a much bigger tip than suggested.

JohnM · 2026-09-27T16:27:54+1000

Next morning driving through spic ’n span Kigali to KGL at about 0630h.

Strange how the flight path got picked up near the Rwanda/Kenya border.

Back to the Four Points at NBO to chill for the rest of the day and overnight before our flight to Mt Kilimanjaro airport (JRO) in Tanzania the next afternoon.

On a warm afternoon, a swim in the rooftop pool was in order, followed by a beer or two and dinner in the roof top bar/resto.

JohnM · 2026-09-27T16:30:02+1000

Our bird NBO-JRO went tech before take-off, so we were delayed by over two hours. Not good timing, as were hit the deck in JRO just as two or three big birds from Europe lobbed in. Immigration was a zoo and just incredibly slow processing each person. For a country that is such a huge tourism destination, it puzzles me. The simply don’t make it easy getting a visa or entering the country.

We then had an hour drive to our hotel near Arusha. Fortunately, the next day was free, so we could chill before setting off on our Serengeti safari.