Africa

Aug 14, 20213 min read

Zanzibar

Even though my East African Safari was over, I would have landed back in the USA on Friday if I left right from Arusha. I don’t like to...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 12 & 13: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Mike McHugh

Aug 13, 20212 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 12 & 13: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Our penultimate day of our East African Safari was here and a level of bittersweetness began to hit us. Even though it felt like we had...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 11: Serengeti National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 12, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 11: Serengeti National Park

We woke up in the morning and saw our camp for the first time in the daylight. It was even better than I thought. We slept in tents in...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 10: Tarangire to Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 12, 20212 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 10: Tarangire to Ngorongoro to Serengeti National Park

We woke up very early, once again, as we had a day long drive across Tanzania from Tarangire to Serengeti. After bidding farewell to our...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 9: Tarangire National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 11, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 9: Tarangire National Park

We woke up early in the morning, so early that we needed to be escorted from our tents by the Masai who keep watch all night long. After...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 8: Amboseli to Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 10, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 8: Amboseli to Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Our 6th day of the trip was quite bittersweet as it was the day that we would say goodbye to half of our tour group as well as our two...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 7: Maasai Village and Amboseli National Park

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20215 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 7: Maasai Village and Amboseli National Park

We started our day with another sleep in, not needing to leave the camp until 8:00 AM! Our first stop was something I was really looking...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 6: Lake Elementaita to Nairobi to Amboseli

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 6: Lake Elementaita to Nairobi to Amboseli

We were able to sleep in until about 6:30 AM (I know, but that is sleeping in on this trip) before heading to breakfast. The breakfast...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 5: Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20214 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 5: Maasai Mara

We woke up early the following morning for a sunrise game drive of Masai Mara before we had to leave for Lake Elementaita. Some people...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 4: Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 8, 20217 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 4: Maasai Mara

We had a very early wake up this morning for our highly anticipated Hot Air Balloon ride over Masai Mara. This was something not included...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 3: Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 7, 20214 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Day 3: Maasai Mara

Jambo from Masai Mara! After lunch at our camp, we boarded our safari vehicles to head out to our first game drive! Since our camp was...

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Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 1 & 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara

Mike McHugh

Aug 6, 20212 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari – Days 1 & 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara

Jambo! We had our kickoff meeting with our Contiki guide at 6:00 PM where I met my travel group for the next 2 weeks – an unusual, but...

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Contiki East Africa Safari: Day 1 – Nairobi

Mike McHugh

Aug 5, 20213 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari: Day 1 – Nairobi

Hello from Nairobi, or should I say Jambo? I landed in Nairobi right on time, to the minute, and we disembarked the plane to proceed to...

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Contiki East Africa Safari: On the Road Again

Mike McHugh

Aug 1, 20215 min read

Contiki East Africa Safari: On the Road Again

Hello from somewhere over Europe! It has been quite a while since I’ve updated my blog because, you know, COVID, but I am finally wheels...

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Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 8: Alexandria

Mike McHugh

Jul 29, 20173 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 8: Alexandria

Even though the Contiki itinerary ended the previous night in Alexandria, I decided to stay an extra day and take a trip to Alexandria. ...

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Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 7: Hurghada

Mike McHugh

Jul 28, 20171 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 7: Hurghada

My penultimate day in Egypt was spent off the coast of Hurghada, a popular beach getaway on the Red Sea for Eastern European tourists. ...

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Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 6: Hot Air Ballooning, Valley of the Kings & Luxor

Mike McHugh

Jul 26, 20173 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 6: Hot Air Ballooning, Valley of the Kings & Luxor

One of the highlights of any trip to Egypt is hot air ballooning over the Valley of the Kings during sunrise. While insurance prohibits...

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Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 5: The Temple of Horus & Luxor

Mike McHugh

Jul 25, 20174 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 5: The Temple of Horus & Luxor

We woke up the following morning & were docked in Edfu for a morning visit to the Temple of Horus. I boarded a cart pulled by a donkey...

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Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Kom Ombo

Mike McHugh

Jul 25, 20172 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Kom Ombo

The Crocodile Temple, also known as Kom Ombo or the Temple of Two Gods, was a very unique place. Despite the heat, we ventured off the...

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Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Abu Simbel

Mike McHugh

Jul 25, 20172 min read

Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 4 – Abu Simbel

We had a 3:25 AM wake up call on day 4 of our tour because we had to disembark our boat which was still docked in Aswan and head via bus...

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