Welcome to the Africa Travel Stories. Within these pages, you can read selected stories and musings about our waterfall-themed (and other) adventures in Africa. Hopefully, you'll find these stories entertaining and educational. Perhaps you might get a good laugh at our expense, or you might find some nuggets that you can apply to your own travels.
Thumb through the travel stories below. They are arranged chronologically with the most recent escapade at the top. Enjoy :)
 The Silver Tongue: ..."Did we see Islamic Cairo," asked Julie. "Yes," said Mohammed. "The churches we saw, the synagogue, the crypt of Jesus, we saw all of that." Julie somehow didn't buy his explanation. But after we surrendered the tip and went back to our hotel room, Julie looked into our guidebook and learned that we might have been scammed all along... [read more]
 A Hard Act To Follow: The next two hours or so of driving was torture for me. I didn't pay too much attention to the fact that the unsealed shortcut Siraj took through the Aberdare Mountains was a bit muddy and slippery from the drizzling rain. That was because my nausea returned and I knew that I was going to throw up again the next place he was going to stop the vehicle... [read more]
 Back To Waterfalling In Uganda: We were supposed to sleep early so we could wake up early tomorrow and leave for Sipi Falls on the slopes of Mt Elgon near the Kenya border out east. Unfortunately, Julie started to feel fever and chills. It made her night sleepless, and the fear that she might be stricken with malaria also kept me awake all night... [read more]
 The Africa Of Legend: So after snapping photos enthusiastically, we just sat there and watched the lions - seeing what they're doing next; hopefully getting in better more photographable positions. What ensued was perhaps a bit more than we bargained for... [read more]
 Africa Is Not For Sissies: Sometimes a safari yields unexpected surprises. In the case of our Zambian Waterfall Safari, we had to endure a vehicle breakdown in the middle of nowhere without cell phone coverage, without radio, and hours away by foot to the nearest village. Yet in these times of "crisis" (at least as far as a paying customer on safari is concerned), you get to see the true color of people. And we were fortunate to have seen what I consider to be the real Africa... [read more]
 The Zim Zam Shuffle: As we hastily made our way across the misty Livingstone Memorial Bridge trying to ignore the peddlers who wouldn't leave us alone, Julie alerted me to a rather unusual scene in front of us. Two giant baboons were frantically running across the bridge towards us and it seemed like we were in the way... [read more]
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