well, today marks my 6 month on the road. so, i thought i'd give out some
awards:
most disappointing/bizarre moment: visiting the mursi tribe in the omo
valley (ethiopia)
most improved/likely city i thought was going to hell but didn't: nairobi.
best capital city: maputo, mozambique.
worst capital city: lusaka, zambia.
most yummy meal: (tie) braii in etosha (bbq chicken) -- sal thought i
couldn't cook, & seafood at the maputo fish market.
best travellers i've met: sergio (trans african through the congo), thomas
meixner - bicyclist.
best coffee: nairobi.
best beer: nile special (uganda)
the way, way, way off the beaten path award: water taxi/pedestrian crossing
into burundi.
best sunset: i dunno.
most dangerous place: vilanculos, mozambique.
worst bus ride: quelimane to nampula, mozambique.
the biggest eyeopener award: muthare slum, nairobi.
the biggest pothole in africa: entire route from isiolo, kenya to moyale,
ethiopia.
best backpacker hostel: Upperhill Campsite, Nairobi.
best boat ride: ss liemba.
best 3rd world country with 1st world prices: rwanda/botswana.
worst tourist trap: twylafontein, namibia.
best national park: kgaligadi national park (south africa).
most asthetically pleasing country: ethiopia, rwanda.
biggest ripoff: letter of introduction (embassy of canada) - 50 dullah.
before i sign off, just want to wish my mama a happy birthday.
3 comments:
What?
You didn't include "biggest adrenaline rush"
hmmmm, would that be "bluff charge by elephant, okovango?
:-)
Good to see you're still having fun. And hey, I would never have doubted your cooking abilities...but Sal doubts mine all the time!!
Still getting drabs of snow in Calgary - but spring has sprung on the coast!
Take care of yourself man!
Big hugs - from the haus frau!
Happy 6 month Al!
Six months and you have made very progress through Africa. Surely you can't be thinking of home yet? You have barely started!:)
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