8th of June – Abu Simbel Breakfast in the restaurant at the 16th floor is quite nice; food and view over khartoum. The hotel is actually top notch; it belongs to mr. Qaddafi of libya. Formalities at khartoum airport are rather slow but we finally take off almost on time. There are pictures of a …
Formalities when leaving djibouti are very smooth but it is hot again and we are just dripping in the plane. We are made aware again while this airport is so busy. Next to us they unload a big antonov transporter, while waiting for take-off, three mirage are landing and from up above we see the …
5th of June Another wonderful breakfast at the addis sheraton and we are off to the airport. It is amazing how much construction is going on; addis ababa is waking up. Formalities at the airport are done in no time, to get to the airplane is a bit complicated. But we are in the air …
3rd of June We are getting up at 05.00h this morning since there will be quite some traveling today. Wake-up call tea is served together with the hot water for the shower at 05.30h. We pack up, have breakfast and leave the bwindi lodge as planned at 06.30h. Moses drives really well and we are …
31st of May Today is one of the flying highlights of the entire journey. There are a few drops of rain when we go for breakfast – actually the first ones on the entire trip! We take-off on time and reach mainland africa after half an hour. Scattered clouds and from far we see the …
29th of May Hello everybody! Hopefully we have internet access again today and can bring you up-to-date again with exciting news and pictures. The last two days were really amazing! Last night tom didn‘t feel to well and had stomach problems. During the night he had to worship the porcelain altar (as an old friend …
26th of May Amazingly enough the restaurant is already open at 06.30h when we show up for breakfast. The handler picks us up and the side of the road to the airport is full with kids that walk to school. One can see that they do not have much; while most wear flip-flops, others walk …
Today is halftime for transafrica 2010. We are on the road/in the air now for 18 days but it feels like 4 – 5 weeks. It is just amazing all the impressions we got so far. And the most amazing thing is that we never had a technical problem, were never delayed (everything went like …
Since the victoria falls hotel is the best hotel we have stayed so far, we decide to take off 2 hours later and enjoy again a great breakfast with fantastic service. They boys really enjoy their work and all come to say good bye. The beaten up taxi brings us back to the border, immigration …
Early wake up at 05.00h, no breakfast at our favorite 5 star hotel, not bill for the rooms since they can‘t do it but at least the driver is here to pick us up. At the airport, we have to look for our handler and the departure hall is just a mess. At least we …