2016 Africa Adventure

In 2016 Gimpy, Muscles and I set off on an African Safari in South Africa, visit the glitz and glamour of the United Arab Emirates and travel back in time exploring Egypt.

Safari, Big 5 and Wild Dogs

ByMinion-Chris June 15, 2016 3 Comments
We were up bright (well the sun hadn’t come up yet) and early in anticipation of our first game drive. We had a quick breakfast and met Clayton who would be our guide for the day in the parking lot with his open air vehicle. There was room for 9 so our entire group was able to fit on one. Muscles, Gimpy and I chose the highest row in the back row.  Clayton was nice enough to stock each seat...

Good bye Kruger, Hope Africa Children’s Day School, Hello Karongwe!

ByMinion-Chris June 16, 2016 2 Comments
After the excitement of yesterday's game drive, we were eagerly anticipating the rest of the trip.  It felt like yesterday was when the trip really "started" and we were hungry for more.  Sadly we only had one full day to spend at Kruger and would be departing for a private game reserve called Karongwe today.  I didn't know why G Adventures would do this, but once we arrived, it made more...

Game Drives & Cheetah!

ByMinion-Chris June 16, 2016 0 Comments
Today we had two game drives on the schedule. One in the morning and one for the late afternoon. We were up early again, downed a quick cup of coffee and hopped on our vehicle again for another early morning drive. Unfortunately it wasn't as eventful as our previous drives so we spent a lot talking amongst ourselves and I got to know one of our travelling professors quite well! The drive wasn't...

One last drive, Return to Soeki’s, Travel to Emirates

ByMinion-Chris June 18, 2016 0 Comments
We woke up early again for one last morning drive to find the elusive male lion.  We were close yesterday and our luck throughout to find what we were looking for or something rare has been good so we were confident. We set out early in the morning again into the African winter, Matthews and Raymond circled an area known to be the male lions territory looking for tracks. We spent about a half...

United Arab Emirates, Desert Safari and Malls

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 4 Comments
I woke up about an hour before landing in Abu Dhabi. Because my sleep had been pretty broken over the past 36 hours, I wasn’t feeling amazing, but I was feeling MUCH better with the worst of the food poisoning having passed. I’m a bit regretful because I was really looking forward to a long international Etihad flight prior to this trip. I’ve heard amazing things about all of the middle...

Grand Mosque, Travel to Cairo

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 5 Comments
We woke up the next morning, checked out of the apartment and hopped into the transfer taxi that our hotel had arranged. It was an hour and a half car ride down the highway to Abu Dhabi. Our rooms at the hotel in Abu Dhabi were not ready yet so we hung out in the lobby thinking we would check in, relax and then make our way to the Grand Mosque in the afternoon. As we logged onto the hotel...