The Long Road North
Today, in honor of the summer (here, winter) solstice, we decided to drive across all of Africa. No, not really – it just felt like it. We didn’t even drive […]
Ngorongoro
The dirt is red and moist, covered in lush green as we wind our way up to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. At the top is a cloud forest, […]
On the Road to Ngorongoro
We didn’t see the young reedbuck die. Henry, in the car ahead, noticed a commotion in the long grass by the river and stopped to watch. By the time we […]
Lakmakau
The flat green expanse below where we’re camped in Lakmakau looks like a welcome respite from the dry dust of the rutted roads that led us here. But the soft […]
Tarangire
Gary assures us that the bite of the tsetse fly isn’t all that dangerous. “As long as you don’t swell up,” he says. “Just make sure you don’t swell up.” […]
Arusha
[Okay – we’ve got internet access for the first time in about five days, so I’m back-filling our last few days as I can] I hadn’t meant to drop the […]
Riding the Big Red/Green/Gray Bus
I have no right to make fun of bad English, especially in a country where I speak not a word of the regional language and only a handful in the […]
Because Chocolate’s a Food, Right?
So, everyone says Barcelona’s for foodies, right? To be fair, we have been stopping at our share of tapas restaurants in the past 36 hours, but the two real attractions […]
Never Been to Spain
Ever since we started planning this trip – when was it? – coming up on a year ago, I couldn’t start thinking about the first leg of it without the […]
Then and Now (or: “Here We Go Again!”)
Digging through that lovely time machine that’s the internet, I see we’re coming up on eight years ago that I started the Roadtrip Blog in an attempt to excuse my poor […]
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