1st September 2017
Antoine’s phone was still in Nepal time, therefore it was 15 minutes ahead. This meant that our 1:30 am alarm went off at 1:15 am. No one was happy. Luckily it did however, our driver had arrived 30 minutes early so we were ready when he arrived. The sun wasn’t up yet, as it was […]
30th August 2017
We woke up an hour before our alarm would’ve gone off. We pack our stuff and go down for breakfast. The guide shows up and takes us on our journey, however, he left right before the first one. The driver takes us an hour and a half away from the city to the top of […]
29th August 2017
The alarm goes off at 5 am. We have a flight to catch. I call an uber and we make our way. The first thing that happens is that we spend an hour in the check-in line, and then we get McDonald’s, some paint, a puzzle book, and brushes, and clay. The day before we […]
27th August 2017
We slept in, as we slept till we naturally woke up at 8 am. Grabbed breakfast, grabbed our stuff, and went to our rickshaw. We found a mechanic who diagnosed our rickshaw, there was something wrong with the piston and it would cost 3000 rupees to fix. That is about 50 American dollars. We decided […]
26th August 2017
We woke up with every intention to make it to the finish line by early afternoon. We could not start the rickshaw. The spark plug was broken and some random Indian had come and help us. Finally, we got on the road. Everything was going smoothly until the spark plug just completely stopped working and […]
25th August 2017
Out of all the cities we have been to this trip, I think it is safe to say for both of us that Udaipur is our favorite city. We woke up at 8 am to get breakfast and hopefully ride the camels that come up to the hotel entrance. Unfortunately, the camels did not come […]
24th August 2017
You really don’t realize how tired your body is until you’ve taken a nap. We “slept in” until 8ish, ate breakfast, attempted to find camel riding places, went back to the room, and fell asleep at around 10:30, only to wake up at 1 pm. We had booked an appointment for cooking lessons in the […]
23rd August 2017
I think that Antoine is afraid of my driving. I drove the second half of our journey to Udaipur this morning and once we got off the highway and into the city, he kept telling me that I was too close to the left side of the road. After all, I did graze a motorcycle. […]
22nd August 2017
The problem with Indian “continental breakfasts” is that it’s mostly traditional Indian food. Therefore almost everything is spicy. Only bread, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and the fruits tend to be not spicy. This morning there were some fried cheese and corn puffs, both of us were very excited to get those. Antoine ate his one first […]
21st August 2017
We started the morning with breakfast and going to the rickshaw to find that it is still dead, so after breakfast, we went down to jumpstart it. It was pouring rain and we were going to attempt to push the rickshaw up the little slow of a parking lot. Luckily, a bunch of staff members […]
20th August 2017
We still managed to breakdown today, and we only Ubered around Mumbai the whole day. Our light was on all last night so the battery is dead. So we have to figure out how to get it starting again tomorrow morning. This morning and last night are just about how much I can handle this. […]
19th August 2017
Today Antoine wore his t-shirt inside-out for the whole day. Our day was from 5 am to 9 pm. The original plan was to wake up early and go to an animal sanctuary, unfortunately, it was closed for monsoon season. So we drove on the highway and nothing happened until about 4 pm. Sunset is […]
18th August 2017
Just when we thought nothing else could go wrong, our rickshaw decided that it didn’t want to go up hills or over 30kph. We had to go back to the camera store and get a new lens, but first, the rickshaw needed to be diagnosed and treated. Driving down the highway we see a mechanic […]
17th August 2017
We had every intention to sleep this morning, however, we have been waking up so early every day that we woke up naturally at 8 am. At this point, Antoine found one of the wall plugs and we began charging his phone right away. He put the solar panel charger outside so maybe we could […]
16th August 2017
We started our day with a nice continental breakfast and some of this amazing lychee juice drink. During the drive, on the highway, I decided that we should see the pretty parts of India, not just the highway. I told Antoine to make a turn inland and we found ourselves in a forest. At one […]
15th August 2017
The alarm goes off at 5:30 am this time around, the sun isn’t even up yet. We pack up everything and head down to our little rickshaw. The morning haze was calming. A security guard watches us curiously watches us pack everything, he even helps us a little bit. So I got a picture of […]
14th August 2017
We woke up bright and early at 7:15 am, dragged our outfits to our rickshaw, and prepped it for the start off of the Rickshaw Run. Many problems occurred during this time, including not being able to start the rickshaw. Luckily, we weren’t the last to leave. We got out of the field, waved goodbye […]
13th August 2017
We woke up late. Turns out that the alarm did go off, but Antoine decided to snooze it and no one heard the second alarm. Thanks, Antoine. We rushed back to the rickshaw auto shop to get the parts that were supposedly shipped in today. Seems like the shop owner knew that a ton of […]
12th August 2017
Waking up bright and early at 9 am we grabbed breakfast from the hotel and went to the rickshaw field to decorate. Seemed like we were the only ones to bring a tarp to cover up from the rain. We were one of the most popular rickshaws in the entire place. People kept coming up […]
11th August 2017
We land in Cochin at around 8 am and gather our visas from the border control. It is pouring outside. This is when we realize that we prepared for the blazing sun, rather than the monsoon season. Although the rain is so heavy, the temperature really wasn’t too bad. I’d compare it to a cooler […]
10th August 2017
Our alarm goes off at 4:15 in the morning, I am confused as to why Antoine’s alarm had gone off when we agreed to wake up at 4:30. His excuse was so that he can snooze it. I kicked him out of the room and we made our way to the very empty tube station. […]
13th January 2017
Today we grabbed breakfast at 9 and decided to go to a village market on Anastasia’s recommendation. When we got there we were quite scared that the market we wanted wasn’t happening because we couldn’t see it, but after asking a security guard we were pointed in the right direction. We walked up and […]
12th January 2017
Today I woke up at 5h30 and got out of the tent to the coolest morning we have had so far, it felt like only 5 degrees, during which I had to pack my tent away which was more difficult than usual since the tent poles were freezing, so as soon as I was done, […]
11th January 2017
Today we woke up early once again to have breakfast and be ready to leave our campsite by 7 am, to Lake Nakuru. We drove for about 3 hours in our bus and stopped halfway to do some shopping and meet our new CEO, Justice who would be covering the last few days as […]
10th January 2017
Today we woke up at around 5:30 to leave our camp by 7, after packing our tent we hopped on to the bus, to the border back into Kenya. after 3h of driving, we arrived at the border and went through immigration to go back into Kenya, but when we got back on the bus […]
9th January 2017
Today I was able to sleep in until 8:30 am, so I quickly grabbed breakfast before going to reception as the others were leaving on their different tours. I used my free time to FaceTime Jamie for about an hour, before grabbing a burger. After the burgers, we went down to the Quad biking place […]
8th January 2017
Today we got up at 5h30 to pack our tents ahead of everyone for our rafting day. We left at around 6h30 and took a 2h30 journey to Jinja. Once in Jinja, we all signed up for our full day of rafting. we had a quick cup of tea before taking our breakfast onto the […]
7th January 2017
Today we got up early, once again at 5 am, we grabbed breakfast and packed up our tents onto the bus for our journey to Kampala, where we would be staying in the same hotel we had stayed in a few nights before. After leaving at around 6h30 we drive for 3h before stopping to […]
6th January 2017
Today I was able to wake up without an alarm clock at around 6h30. I managed to Skype Jamie for about an hour before breakfast, following our breakfast we went down to the hotel bar where we took a boat to see a pigmy tribe would live nearby. The boat ride took about an hour, […]
5th January 2017
Today we woke up early as usual at around 4 am, we first had breakfast before leaving our camp at 5h30 in one of our campsites vans with another 6 people from our group, and took a 2h bus on the bumpiest roads imaginable, with what felt like no suspension. We arrived half asleep at […]
4th January 2017
today was another early day, where we grabbed a light breakfast, before heading into the jungle which was next to our camp at 6:30 am, to try and see chimpanzees. We were first split into 3 groups of around 7 before heading along a slippery path in the jungle going up and down through the […]
3rd January 2017
Today we woke up slightly later at 5h30 for another long driving day. breakfast was pancakes, I had time to pack my tent and go to reception for a bit more internet, before getting back not he bus for a 9h drive to our next destination. Our first stop was to get Ugandan money and […]
2nd January 2017
Today we woke up at 4:30 and had to pack up all our tents, which was difficult considering how early it was. After doing all of that we went to the bus, where a sandwich station was made for us to prepare our pack lunch. We then had our breakfast at 5 am, where we […]
1st January 2017
Today I woke up at 6 am to go to the bathroom, so since it was too late to go back to bed, I rekindled the fire for a while, while using some wifi. Before breakfast, we all had to pack up our tents and help out the others, before putting all the equipment next […]
