Jon Clark's African Adventure
About this blog
My name in Jon Clark - This is a travelogue for my 6 month trip in Africa, the basic plan is to fly into Ethiopia and head south through Uganda, Tanzania, Mosambique, Malawi, Zambia, Botzwana, Namibia and finally South Africa. This is Africa after all so things may change!
Trip Start
Dec 16, 2005
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Trip End
Jun 12, 2006
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There are 125 entries in this blog
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Jon Clark - In the beginning -
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Kidneys and Haggis -
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Bahir Dar - Pelican Central -
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Gonder - Camelot of Africa -
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Simien Mountains - Sure beats working! -
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Gonder part 2 - Christmas all over again -
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Fleeced in Aksum -
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Gob smacked in Lalibella -
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Addis Ababa - back to the big city -
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Kampala, Uganda - This place is bonkers. -
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Murchison Falls by bike, bus and boat. -
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The Murchison to Fort Portal rally drive -
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Bigodi Wetland - Monkeys birds and a home stay -
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Lake Nkuruba - Planet of the Apes! -
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Compromised in Kasese -
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Bujuku - Mubuku - Day1 - The custard debacle -
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Bujuku - Mubuku - Day 2 - Afternoon Storm -
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Bujuku - Mubuku - Day 3 - The real bog begins -
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Bujuku - Mubuku - Day 4 - Stuck in a hole -
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Bujuku - Mubuku - Day 5 - Gutted -
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Bujuku - Mubuku - Day 6 - Muppets -
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Kasese to Lake Bunyonyi - Show me the money -
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Laid up at Lake Bunyonyi -
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Back to Kabale -
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A mental day in Rwanda -
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Ruhengeri-A close encounter with mountain gorillas -
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Sabinio - Three countries in one day -
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Muhuvura - The perfect cone. -
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Relax on the Ssese Islands -
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Kampala and goodbye Uganda -
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Nairobi to Arusha - Welcome to Tanzania! -
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Arusha - The town of tout! -
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Hippos, 3,000,000 flamingos and banded mongoose -
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The plains of Serengeti -
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Ngorongoro Crater -
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Tarangire - 2 months on the road -
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Day 1 - A day at the zoo! -
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Day 2 - Traffic Jams -
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Day 3 - Snow - Alpine Zone - Moonscape -
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Day 4 - Water shortage in high camp -
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Day 5 - Altitude, cold and tales of sickness -
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Day 6 - Down down down and out -
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Arusha to Lushoto - The dreaded bus station -
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Usambara - Day 1 - The drunken guide -
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Usambara - Day 2 - An evening with the nuns! -
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Usambara - Day 3 - The long ridge and dodgy kebabs -
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Mtae to Dar es Salaam - Don't miss the bus -
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Stonetown - Zanzibar and spice tours -
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Nungwi and the full moon party -
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Back to Dar -
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Dar to Mtwara - Meeting the Boss -
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Mozambique and Boss runs out of cash -
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Day 3 on the buses and Pemba -
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Ibo and the masturbating sailors! -
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Back to Pemba and the turds -
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Bribed by the cops in a World Heritage Site -
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4 days wait for the daily train -
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Another crap Mozambique hotel -
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The magic calculator -
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Fighting for the muzungu -
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Day 1 - Drunken porter or sick grandma -
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Day 2 - Black ice scramble up Sapitwa -
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Day 3 - A lecture for the porter and guide -
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A dose of Bilharzia -
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Baiting Jerry the Fish Eagle! -
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The crazy Christian -
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I always thought Canadians were nice people -
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Full up for Easter Friday - Jollyboys saves day -
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Finally viewing Vic Falls and microlites flights -
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Feeding time for the crocs -
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Gorge Swings, Flying Foxes and an Overland Tour! -
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Ostrich Burgers, lion walks and funny money -
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Elephant safaris and a case of cabin fever -
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Tiger moths and staring the overland tour -
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Gameless Game Drive in Chobe! -
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The land of donkeys and endless fences -
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Mokoro madness -
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Encounters with elephants and the Okavango Ghost! -
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The muppets from Overland Club -
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Caprivi Strip and Angola in sight -
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Speeding tickets and my first oryx -
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Close encounters with a mongoose -
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Playing with the moggies -
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Bush camps and inept guides -
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Searching for sidewinders in little Germany -
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Rolling quad bikes and biting turtles -
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How not to organise an overland trip -
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Another Missed Sunset -
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The naked cyclists! -
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Culture shock -
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Got some wheels -
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Bloubergstrand, jumping from cliffs and beer -
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Brew Pubs and Caledonian deer -
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Walk walk walk -
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Shark diving on the 13th and Mama Africa's -
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A session at the vineyards -
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A travel partner and a sunset cruise -
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Jackass Penguins and the Cape of Good Hope -
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Kirsenbosch, Spiers and Stellenbosch in the rain -
100
Excellent World Of Birds and Khaya Nyama -
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Kruger and our first encounter with a White Rhino -
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The big five in a day -
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Rhino, the Bushman Trail and lessons in the stars -
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Elephant encounters and sundowners in the bush -
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Buffalo stampede -
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Shy Kudu and dueling Impala -
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Racing to find wild dogs and cheetahs -
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A bad day for the impala population -
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Photogenic leopard, kudu and theiving baboons -
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Ginger beer and the magnificent Drakensbegs -
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Tugela Falls and Gorge and the Amphitheatre -
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The Top of the Magnificent Amphitheratre -
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Inkosana Lodge - A decent backpackers -
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Sterkhorn Peak - Mission Aborted! -
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A Day on the Basotho Ponies -
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Eland encounters -
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Lammergeyer stake out -
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Peed on by a serval cat at Emdoneni -
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Dumazulu village and misinformation -
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Lost in False Bay -
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King prawn hunt -
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Cape Vidal, back on safari -
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Word cup, Brewpubs and Mushini Falls -
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Dlinza forest, a braii and a hippo -
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Durban Aquarium, a curry and back to reality
