I now agree with your philosophy about hikes... they should not be a project but fun. I walked to Canterbury back in May and loved the very English villages and inns. I'm pleased the weather was better for you. I had to curtail my walks when the afternoon thunderstorms hit.
We were so lucky with the weather We had almost perfect weather. Nice temperatures and hardly any rain at all. We had to take cover under some trees for an hour one day. That was all. /Ake
With its sheer cliffs of white chalk, it marks the closest part of England to the continental landmass. The White Cliffs of Dover are 300 feet tall and stretch for 10 miles to the east and west of the town of Dover.
Impressing sight They are an impressing sight from a distance. Even from the French coast they are quite visible. It must have been so easy for the Germans to shoot at Dover during the WWII: "Fritz. Aim to ze left of thoze cliffs." Oh, tasteless joke perhaps... /Ake
Peru Thank you for this blog entry . Although I'm a bit late to it (!), it's provided me with some helpful information for my trip to Peru next week - namely Lima and Paracas. Muchas gracias 😊
Safety and public transport We felt completely safe the entire trip. Malawi is probably one of the safest countries in Africa to travel in. Public transport was a bit of an adventure from time to time. Buses don't really run according any time table. Sometimes we took a taxi or a shared taxi to save time. /Ã…ke
Love this shot! You've highlighted a country I knew nothing about - thanks for sharing your trip! You guys are brave swimming in the lake with a known bilharzia risk, but I suppose you have to do what you have to do to get those travel experiences we cherish so much :)
Happy travels in Malawi It is more than 10 years we travelled through Malawi. We experienced it with friendly people, stunning an dbeautiful landscape. But we also saw the other side when we experienced live corruption, extreme poverty and difficulties by travelling with public transport. Anyway, it made a huge impact on us and was very interesting. Curious about more blogs of yout travels in the sausage country. By the way, the country not only has a sausage form, they also have many sausage trees!
Noticed little or none of the dark sides of the Force We can't say that we noticed any corruption really. We suspected that some police officers were asking for bribes but were surprised when we couldn't verify that they were. Of course wo noticed some poverty, but only very little compared to many other countries we have been to. But yes, travelling on public transport was from time to time a bit of a challenge. We have one more blog entry left to publish from Malawi. It will go live within two weeks. /Ake
Those eyes! Haha I love the 'side-eye' this Hippo is giving you! But I have to admit, I had to look at a map to see the exact location of Malawi... and I had never seen their flag before! :/ Looking forward to reading more about your adventures :)
They are not too happy having us around The hippos are not really comfortable having people around. But then, most wild animals aren't. They were constantly watching us and making sure we didn't get any funny ideas. /Ake
Off the beaten track Glad you continue on our path of independence going to those countries few of us have experienced. Maybe some day. Thanks for taking us along.
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Venezuela
Machu Piccu in Peru
Chernobyl in Ukraine
Snorkelling in the Maldives
Mountain gorillas in Rwanda
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I now agree with your philosophy about hikes...
they should not be a project but fun. I walked to Canterbury back in May and loved the very English villages and inns. I'm pleased the weather was better for you. I had to curtail my walks when the afternoon thunderstorms hit.