Mamba Point Hotel

... from Belize to El Savador and from there to San Jose, Costa Rica. We got in at a little after nine, took a taxi to our hotel, which Joe booked through Hotwire.com. The room is lovely, a REAL treat for us...soft carpet, a giant bathroom with unlimited hot ...

... by side with our car. We knew the animal was furious. Not to risk an attack our driver turned back straight to the hotel.  After such a memorable trip we sat with great pleasure at dinner table of our hotel in this exotic country. After dinner we ...

... up the money for a wristband, our ticket to unlimited booze.  Walking through the open-air lobby of the hotel (complete with a waterfall), our surroundings begin to sink in.  Palm trees and lush flora surround the brick walkways between ...

... of hundred meters looked even worse so we jacked up our car, placed some rocks underneath, freed the car, and built a reversing point a few tens of meters downhill. A morning was gone. We drove back to Opuwo and found a hotel with swimming pool where ...

... lot better than I ever could - but they even do not give the scenery or the people any justice in representation. We saw a Green Mamba snake - the most poisoness in Vietnam, it can kill you in 5 minutes - it was beautiful, bright neon green with a ...

... to a campsite a little ways outside of Arusha. The campsite had a snake park that was kind of cool - python, black mamba, crocodiles, etc... Across the street from the campsite was an art store with Tinga Tinga art. Tinga Tinga art is cartoonish usually ...

... for its appearance in such major feature films as "out of africa" and "tomb raider" (the site's multiple hollywood cameos was a point of obvious pride for every local we met). at the gorge, we reluctantly leaned our bikes up against a low, tough-looking ...

... about 4 hours but probably would have been more around 3 if we hadn't been stopped by the road police about 4 times; at one point the driver was being questioned/talked to by 3 policeman (no idea why!) and another policeman had to be bribed a few quid to ...

... , mystery meat samosas (delicious) and a big wait until our passports were stamped and our bus cleared. We stayed at a great little hotel/campsite – even had a pool, flush toilets and a great bar. The owner Raj, loved dogs, I think even more than ...

... they were mostly still attached to their original wooden frames and wheels. Steve spotted a young Green Mamba sliding across the floor next to us at one point. The currency in Mozambique is called the Metical, I'm not sure where this name come from ...

... ; failed to get entry visa's for NZ.  An Israeli passport is just about the only one that's more of a pain than a green mamba!  Was a pity really.  They're great guys.  Full of beans.  They were technicians on F16's!  I could ...

... to him "pretty much since the first people came over here".  We arrived in Bulawayo in the early evening and found our hotel without power, but thankfully with a back-up generator and very friendly staff.  Ian met us there and gave us a ...

... Crazy but cool! On Fri 24th we woke early to take a walk through the swamps to look for snakes, eek!! Walked at some point through nearly waist deep water to see some massive meter long water lilies in alligator infested waters, eek!! We only saw 1 ...

In Liberia for work of course - could there be any other reason? Well, there are good beaches and not too many tourists... It was quite something seeing the UN in action trying to rebuild a 'failed state' but it must do something to the psyche to see all ...