Adventures in Africa: Mauritius

My island hopping across the Indian Ocean continued Thursday when I flew to Mauritius. 

Adventures in Africa: Reunion

Air Austral took me from Mayotte to Reunion on Wednesday. 

Adventures in Africa: Mayotte

I flew from Comoros to Mayotte yesterday. 

Adventures in Africa: Comoros

From Ethiopia yesterday I flew to Comoros. Originally my plan involved flying to Comoros from Dar es Salaam but that flight got canceled so I had to change plans and use Ethiopian. This meant arriving a bit later (13:50) than my original plan, and I am leaving today to Mayotte around noon, so I have less than 24 hours in Comoros. In planning this I struggled to find affordable accommodation and options to see anything I wanted to. For example, after a lot of work I did find someone who agreed to rent me a car at the airport for 50 euro, but that fell through. I got a quote from Comoros's main tour operator, Adores Comoros, for airport pickup and a half day tour of the north of Grande Comore island, but that came to what felt exorbitant at 190 euro. In the end, I booked at room in Moroni (the capital) for 50 euro, and organized an airport transfer through them from 20 euro. My driver was not a total gem, but he did his best to assertively get me through passport control (complete chaos), and then proposed take me on a small tour. We negotiated 75 euro for the airport transfer for yesterday and today and the tour. A lot of money, still, but I was losing daylight and decided to go for it. In the end, I am happy I did.

Adventures in Africa: Stopover in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Today I benefited from a stop over in Addis Ababa courtesy of Ethiopian Airlines.

Adventures in Africa: Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

 Yesterday I took a short (and early) flight from Arusha to Zanzibar.

Adventures in Africa: Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Since I finished on Kilimanjaro early, I had a chance to visit Tarangire National Park today.

Adventures in Africa: Descending Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

I descended from Kibo Huts to Marangu Gate today and back to Moshi.

Adventures in Africa: Summit of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

It was crazy difficult, but I reached Uhuru Peak on Mt Kilimanjaro just before 18:00 today.

Adventures in Africa: Horombo Huts, Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Today I began climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. 

Adventures in Africa: Descending Mt Meru, Tanzania

Today I descended from Saddle Hut on Mt Meru and made it to Moshi.

Adventures in Africa: Summit of Mt Meru, Tanzania

I reached the Mt Meru summit today at 17:20.

Adventures in Africa: Mariakamba Hut, Mt Meru, Tanzania

Today I hiked up to Mariakamba Hut at 2500 m on Mt Meru.

Adventures in Africa: Arusha, Tanzania

Yesterday morning I took the bus from Nairobi across the border to Arusha, Tanzania.