Hubers go Africa

Travelling in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fluss mit Strand und Palmen

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  • Servus, Good bye, Kwa Heri

    Six weeks of Africa are history. It was the shortest of the four Africa trips in the era of the (supposedly) huge retirement time budget. And because it was not only short, but also started late, we sometimes suffered from the rainy season that had already begun. We thank our loyal readers who followed us,…

  • The Island of Spices

    Arabs, Indians, Europeans: The many influences that Zanzibar experienced in its history,  are reflected today in the food. Stews, curries, fish in all imaginable variations – refined with the spices that are so numerous on the island. Cardamom is added almost everywhere (even to coffee), and cloves or cinnamon are also popular. We visit one…

  • Stone Town

    Zanzibar’s cultural must-see is Stone Town, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. After Zanzibar was first owned by the Portuguese, the archipelago came under the rule of the Sultan of Oman in 1698 and became rich by trading slaves and cloves. Money that helped to build houses from coral stone, a completely new type of construction…

  • Zanzibar

    An island that contains all the ingredients for an exotic holiday: A place full of mysterious stories, memories of princesses and adventurers, scents of cloves and frangipani, palm-fringed beaches, turquoise sea to the horizon and the fascinating underwater world of the Indian Ocean. A total contrast and at the same time the ideal complement to…

  • Kilimanjaro

    It is not easy to photograph, the highest mountain in Africa. From Tanzania it didn’t show itself at all. From Kenya we succeeded somehow and even got buffalos between Kili and camera. Finally it got really good when we were at the same height. We did not leave Nairobi in a northern direction, but in…

  • Kwa heri, Toyo

    With this „goodbye“ in Kisuaheli we leave our faithful travel companion on four wheels with Chris in Nairobi. Toyo was kind enough to get his massive radiator problems right at the beginning of our trip. In many other places this could have been quite dramatic. But then he purred without complaint and once again brought…

  • MFF Project #3 – in Kibera

    I experienced poverty in the streets of Mumbai, saw slums in Latin America, we were in Soweto and Katatura. Nothing is enough to prepare for Africa’s largest slum, Kibera. 800,000 to 1.2 million people are supposed to live here on only 2.5 square kilometres . And the railway line from Nairobi to Kisumu runs right…

  • Amboseli National Park

    Before we leave our lonely camp in Tsavo, we want to take a quick shower. There is always no hot water here. But today there is no cold water either. The announced elephant was thirsty last night and thundered the water pipe which is now broken. So without a shower into the Amboseli (and on…

  • Tsavo West National Park

    After a breakfast in the rain we leave Nairobi on the infamous Mombasa Road heading southwest. It is the coastal access for Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Southern Sudan. Due to the high volume of traffic and the many heavy trucks, there are 3,000 road deaths annually. We need 2.5 hours for the first 40…

  • MFF Project #2

    The Mary Rice Centre began twelve years ago to care for mentally handicapped children in Kibera. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, in Kenya and perhaps even Africa. It is estimated that almost 2 million people live here, almost every second inhabitant of Nairobi (4.2 million). Most Kibera residents live in extreme poverty, on…