Before we started to plan our trip through East and Southern Africa, I always thought there were only two realistic ways to do it. The first was to go on an organised tour in a wonderfully kitted out overland truck. The second would be to drive yourself.
The main reason we visited Djibouti was for the chance to snorkel with whale sharks. Exploring Lac Abbe’s plain of limestone chimneys and floating at Africa’s lowest point in Lac Assal were...
At 155m below sea level, this is the lowest point in Africa! Here’s my blog on our visit to this awesome natural wonder.
Exploring the weird and wonderful Lac Abbe – a plain dotted with limestone chimneys with some as high as 50m! Here’s my blog on our visit.
Two cramped buses, a few hours sleep at the side of the road, multiple check points and around 18 hours after leaving a bus station of sorts in Dire Dawa we arrived in Djibouti City, the country’s capital. Along with the
It was certainly a fun few days in Addis! After four visits to the Djibouti embassy, as well as visits to the British and South African embassies, we finally have our Djibouti visas.
We arrived at the Djibouti embassy almost an hour before they opened and once...