Our route by train, boat, bus and car around East Africa. From Tanzania through Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya, back to Tanzania and Zanzibar.

Tanzania

	Above left:  Making good use of the swimming pool at the Kilimanjaro hotel! Above:  A dhow approaching Dar es Salaam harbour. Left:  In the bustling fish market at Dar es Salaam.

3^rd August. Got the sleeper train to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika.  Stayed at the New Kigoma Hotel (Railway Hotel) on the lake.

A stop along the way on the railway across Tanzania.	Refreshing slices of pineapple at the New Kigoma Hotel.

6th August.  Boarding the old Liemba steamer on Lake Tanganyika, for the journey up the lake to Bujumbura.

Burundi

	A glimpse of Bujumbura harbour through the porthole of the Liemba.
	7th Aug. Living in luxury at the very posh Source du Nil Hotel in Bujumbura.
	We went to visit the actual source of the river Nile. It's a little pyramid, miles from anywhere. Water that falls on one side flows north up the Nile, all the way to the Mediterranean, while water that falls on the other side flows south into the lakes.

The hazards of motoring in Burundi - a collapsed road.	A country farmstead by the road in Burundi.

Rwanda

We saw the Tour de Rwanda cycle race in full swing, all four bikes of it.	A farm by the road in Rwanda.
	Whenever we stopped to take a photo, we immediately had an audience!

10^th Aug. We went to Gisenyi on Lake Kiru and stayed at the very nice Edelweise Hotel with a view of the lake and Zaire (Congo) beyond. Had an excellent meal at the Meridian Hotel.

The picturesque Hotel Edelweiss in Gisenyi.

Then we went to see the mountain gorillas!

	The mountain gorillas of Rwanda.

12^th Aug. We went back to Kigali and stayed at the Gloria Hotel at a fraction of the cost of the Mille Collines.

Uganda

We went to Uganda via the Katuna border crossing and stayed overnight at the Highlands Hotel in Kabale.  Then we caught the bus to Kampala.

On the road in Uganda.

We caught a taxi into the centre of Kampala, but it ran out of petrol and we had to push it!

We stayed at the old colonial Speke Hotel in Kampala, but ate at the Sheraton nearby.

The old colonial Speke Hotel in Kampala.	A very impressive spinning fountain near the Sheraton in Kampala.

We visited the historic Kabaka's Tombs near Kampala.

We were debating whether to get the very run-down train or the equally ropey bus to Nairobi, when a very nice man called Raoul offered to give us a lift all the way, which he very kindly did.

The very confusing bus station in Kampala, which we luckily did not have to find our way around.

Kenya

16^th - 17^th Aug. We went up-market again and stayed at the New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi.

We had the best meal of the trip at the Carnivore Restaurant on the outskirts  of Nairobi. We had Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, etc - a safari on a plate! No good for vegetarians!	We went to the Snake Park and saw snakes and crocodiles.  Check the signpost - not a good idea to trespass in their cage!

Then we got the bus to Arusha.

19^th Aug. In Arusha we booked a safari, and set off in a Land Rover with Yolande from America, who had booked the same trip. First we went to Lake Manyara National Park.

	Wildlife in the Lake Manyara National Park.

Then we stayed in the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, which was very expensive but there seemed to be no alternative. The next day we went into the crater, which was teeming with wildlife and was great. On the way back we had to walk the last part of the way out of the crater because it was too steep for the poor old Land Rover.

Wildlife in the Ngorongoro Crater.........

On the way back to Arusha we stopped for lunch at Gibbs Farm near Karatu, which was a wonderful, relaxed survival from more elegant times.

Zanzibar

22^nd Aug. We stayed for one night at the expensive Hotel Da Bwawani with a swimming pool, then moved to the much cheaper and much more atmospheric Spice Inn in the old town.

The Spice Inn in old Zanzibar town.	On the balcony of the Spice Inn, Zanzibar.
Checking out the view from the Spice Inn.	The rooftops of Zanzibar seen from the Spice Inn.

We spent a couple of days wandering round the fascinating old streets of Zanzibar town.

An old doorway in Zanzibar town.	The market in Zanzibar.
The Sultan's Palace by the harbour in Zanzibar.	Dhows in the harbour at Zanzibar.

We also went on the spice tour with Abdul in his taxi, seeing plantations of cloves, cardamoms and black peppers.

A wedding celebration that we saw along the way in Zanzibar.	A lonely island on the beach in Zanzibar!

26^th Aug. Returned to Dar es Salaam and stayed at the Palm Beach Hotel.

Mount Kilimanjaro, courtesy of Ethiopian Airlines.