The African Adventure

A Bittersweet Goodbye to Africa

By the time my bus reached Nairobi, light fever had kicked in. My head was spinning,…
Source of the Nile

When I first started reading about Uganda before the trip, I came to know that the…
Into the Wild

“Beware of the tse tse flies. If they bite, you will get high fever, muscle aches…
The Kampala Layover

At the outset, let me just say that I loved, absolutely loved, Kampala. There is something…
The Night Bus to Kampala

The main Kigali bus stop, Nyabugogo, is a maze of buses, shops and travel offices, in…
A Mzungu in Gisenyi

It was a sunny morning when I reached the Nyabugogo terminal to take a bus to…
Kigali: Past, Present and Future

The first time it really hit me that I was somewhere in the middle of Africa…
Getting robbed in Addis Ababa

I stood on the road, shocked, as I saw the group of men running away with…
Getting vaccinated for Africa

So this was a first. Standing in the long winding queue at a government hospital in…