Tanzania

We woke up with only loose plans for today: visit one of the nearby islands. But which one? And how should we get there? We were faced with a familiar decision… Pay a premium for a guide so that we don’t have to plan anything and have a full day of entertainment delivered to us,…

100 days! It feels like we’ve been gone forever and I can’t believe we’re still less than a third of the way through. Today we slept in until 8, which is pretty late for us. It was quiet, just the right temperature, and we had blackout shades. It felt amazing to get a solid night…

We checked out of our strange beachside hotel at about 10. “Strange how?” you may be wondering. We are not too picky with hotels and generally don’t stay in the nicest ones, but in this one we kept wondering if the staff had ever had any training or even stepped foot in a hotel before.…

Nick got picked up at 7:45 this morning for his daylong scuba diving trip, so Millie and I had a girls’ day. We had breakfast together at the hotel buffet and I she had Nutella on toast for the first time. I’m sure I’ll regret this one for the next few weeks when she requests…

I didn’t sleep great and woke up a little grumpy. We walked over to the hotel breakfast. It was fine but I still miss Turkey’s breakfast buffets. Nothing will ever beat those. Millie’s morning energy was off the charts, as it often is. I still felt exhausted and in need of alone time, so Nick…

The goal was to be packed up and out of the house by 10, and we left at 10:15. Not bad. I love the mid day flights that mean we aren’t rushing and don’t arrive too late. We drove 1.5 hours to the airport and the roads were pleasantly empty. I assume everyone was at…

Unlike previous safaris, this one didn’t have a crazy early wake up call. We were to meet our driver at 8AM at a central supermarket, but he didn’t show up until 8:30. We booked last minute and I think got subcontracted into a different company, so we faithfully got into a mystery white van and…

We had an even more chill day today than we did yesterday. We stayed home in our nice Airbnb and played ALL DAY until dinner. We made multiple different configurations of worlds with little colorful blocks: a school yard, a grocery store, a town, a kingdom, and a tower. We made little accessories for the…

Lazy day today. Nick and I woke up tired after three nights in a row at the noisiest Airbnb on earth. We aren’t particularly light sleepers but this place was next level loud. I am hoping we can catch up on sleep tonight. We took our time packing up the Airbnb in Moshi and then…

We headed out this morning to a new coffee shop for breakfast. We had a huge breakfast and very strong coffee. Perhaps too strong. The highlight was the fruit. There’s nothing better than local fresh fruit. We agreed it was the best mango we’ve ever had. From here we headed to the trailhead for the…