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New Zealand: Queen Charlotte Track Day 2: Furneaux Lodge to Punga Cove

Today was a shorter walk day from Furneaux Lodge to Punga Cove (about 4 hours) and it was overcast and raining lightly when we woke up so we decided to wait to see if it would stop before we started our walk. We had our breakfast and went off to the dining room to collect […]

New Zealand: Queen Charlotte Track Day 1: Ship Cove to Furneaux Lodge

Today was the start of our long, 5-day, 71 km walk along the Queen Charlotte Track. I heard about the track in 2013 from a woman was a member of Prairie Pathfinders Walking Club in Winnipeg. I had studied the route map many times over the course of the last year. We decided to go with […]

Zanzibar: Stone Town (prepare for the gross factor)

Based on my Harlequin novels from 4-5 decades ago, I was intrigued about my Stone Town visit. I had done some research previously so I knew that there were some more popular markets in the town area. We started out at the Darajani market with our guide and it didn’t disappoint. If you are squeamish […]

Tanzania: Lake Manyara

We had a wonderful breakfast of fresh fruit, home grown coffee and a full breakfast of just about anything we wanted. We selected our food for our packed lunch and off we went toward the direction of Lake Manyara and then back to Arusha to pay my invoice of $744 and then to Kilimanjaro airport for our […]

Tanzania: Serengeti, Ngorongoro Farm House

I woke up earlier than I wanted to but I was duly rewarded with a comparably beautiful Serengeti sunrise. The sky was many shades of pink and blue. We had a great breakfast and off we went with our packed lunches which the staff had kindly prepared for us. We were supposed to go out […]

Tanzania: Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti

I was rewarded for getting up early and going out on the veranda. The grounds at the +Tloma Lodge were stunning. I think we all felt bad that we only had a few hours here and most of it was spent sleeping. The hotel grows its own vegetables and herbs and they even grow their own coffee […]

Tanzania: Moshi, Tloma Lodge

This was supposed to be the day of our decent from Kilimanjaro but because we came down early, we had to wait for Donna and Donna who made it to Uhuru Peak and Abbi who made it to Gilman’s Point which is about 200 metres lower than Uhuru Peak. They then had to descend to Horombo Huts […]

Tanzania: 6 days to departure

This is my second week of taking my once a week malaria meds. I did not have a reaction to it last Thursday but Monday night I started getting stomach pain (one of the side effects) that lasted till this morning. I don’t know what taused the pain but it may have been the meds. Perhaps it worked […]

Tanzania: Starting my malaria meds today

I start my malaria meds tonight – two weeks prior to the day I arrive in a malaria zone. I was offered 3 choices: one that I need to take starting two days prior to my trip, each day for the duration and 28 days after. I chose mefloquine which is taken once a week […]

Tanzania: Just over three weeks and counting!

Tanzania: Just over 3 weeks and counting… I went to the Travel Health clinic this morning to check for any meds and immunizations that I will need for the trip. I had a series of immunizations last year to add to my ever growing list so today I thought I would get off with no more […]