I honestly had no idea Buenos Aires would be so beautiful. The commute to get there was pretty intense. My wife, mother-in-law, and I were flying on points, and I hadn’t realized how far apart the airports in São Paulo are for our layover. Good thing we had 5 hours, because there’s no direct bus,…
View More
After connecting through Johannesburg (plus a great meal on the plane), I arrived in Maputo and got in the Visa On Arrival line. It was a bit disorganized and slow, but they accepted cards (no need for local cash, which is hard to have at arrival), got my visa, and met the guy my AirBNB…
View More
“Why are you going to Malawi? For work?” People were shocked I was there for tourism. I actually liked Blantyre, but I learned later that there’s supposed to be an amazing national park I didn’t get out to. I arrived at the “is this all of it???” airport in Blantyre, went through the quite disorganized…
View More
After a really cool pilot gave us the goals for the World Cup final during the flight, I landed in Zanzibar, got my visa-on-arrival, and then haggled for a taxi. Funny enough, I had another “that’s the official price” moment that didn’t match the price chart, and I not-surprisingly got the right price after pointing…
View More
I hadn’t realized there was a time change from Uganda to Rwanda. I’d originally thought I’d arrive in Rwanda around 6am and figured that using my “annual free night” certificate at the posh Kigali Marriott could be talked into maybe letting me check in after arriving at 6am. When we arrived at 4am Uganda time,…
View More
About Author
The Wandering Vegan
ryan@wanderingvegan.net
My name is Ryan.
I caught the travel bug at a young age, and here are the tales of my wanderlust, surprise vegan food finds, and adventures across the planet.
See all posts by Author...