Matatus – the rolling disco busses
Matatus – busses used for public transportation in Kenya. But they are different very different to what we would call a bus back in Germany (you’ll see in the pictures below). The Matatus aren’t only used for public transportation but also as hair saloons, houses etc. Also there’s a challenge between the drivers to have…
World’s only Wildlife Capital
„The World’s only Wildlife Capital“ – Nairobi. But why is it the only wildlife Capital? There were baboos, penguins, … in Cape Town too? Well, I may tell you that this is because of the Nairobi National Park located directly in the city. We got the chance to visit this not so ordinary National Park…
More activities in Nairobi
With around 4.5 mio inhabitants Nairobi is big – like really big – there’s definitely a lot to see. Within the 3 weeks we stayed here we obviously did not only work we did a lot of things (just not special enough to get their own blog post…) Walking distance, sounds nice doesn’t it? -…
Internship Eidu Nairobi
Charlotte and Lutz wanted to do a social internship while traveling. We read about EIDU and most definitely wanted to help them – the vision behind it is incredible! (see their video) and decided to contact them in advance. Which was a good idea – we talked to Bernd Roggendorf the founder of EIDU who…
Swimming under a tea waterfall
In our last blog entry we talked about the Giraffes center and ice skating here in Nairobi, but what we didn’t talk about – Caro – our driver. Actually Caro was the first female Uber driver we’ve ever met – but also the nicest. So we exchanged numbers with her, you know so we have…
Ice skating giraffes in Nairobi
We left Capetown without having an idea what to expect in Nairobi… Fortunately there were people on the plane which (unlike us) had a plan/ knew what to do in Nairobi. And literally everyone recommended us to go and visit or rather feed the giraffes at the Giraffe Center. Along with visiting the giraffes, one…
Photographers paradise: Capetown
With Capetown being 1.682km far from Ballito (which’d be a 19h car drive), we decided to go there by plane. So we had to make another stop in Durban – which was quite appropriate, because we wanted to do the free jump from the top of the football stadium there BUT unluckily this was not…
6 safaris in 3 days
6 sounds a lot – yes – but having only 3 days in Saint Lucia (2h hours from Ballito – by car) we definitely wanted to get the most out of it. First safari wasn’t necessary a real safari – Charlotte and Lutz just wanted to see the sunrise and discover the beach in Saint…
15 minutes until death
Lately we’ve been to a place, a pretty cool place actually. But we probably would never have visited “Monkeyland” if they had told us some more of the frightening details…-“Monkeyland”- a free roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary, which also is o.k. to visit ethically (the monkeys there are rescued from being held as a pet, being…
Get me a doctor!
We were enjoying our days in Ballito, surfing, doing some school work as well as exploring the town. We managed to go grocery shopping here, which was surprisingly as expensive or even more expensive than it’d be in Germany. And Ferdinand found a coconut, but unfornately it wasn’t ripe yet 😦 This city (we heard…
Kids attend local school in Ballito now
We totally fell in love with this place, called Ballito. Everyone here is extremly kind and they all seem so relaxed. Furthermore are the beaches beautiful. So there is a reason why it is the one of the most popular holiday regions for everyone, even the locals, in South Africa. Besides the amazing beaches here,…
First 24h in Africa: Woken up by burglars in our apartment
We started in Frankfurt and got to Durban after 22 hours with two stops, one in Dubai and another in Johannesburg, and all of this without any problems. Yes, flying that long is hard, so it was for us, but we got perfect service from the Emirates Team. A friend of mine, Jörg, took us…
Kohl World 