Burundi++ 2025 | London
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| Burundi Seychelles Mauritius Nairobi Comoros |
Burundi
Burundi: Bujumbura
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| Downtown Bujumbura, from the Burundi Palace Hotel |
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| Monument at spot where Stanley found Livingstone |
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| Graham gatecrashes Stanley-Livingstone meeting |
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| Thierry (Guide) + Graham |
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| Fishing boats on Lake Tanganyika |
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| Digging clay for bricks To be later fired. |
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| Oil palm fruit |
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| Pressing out the palm oil |
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| Independence Monument |
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| Louis Rwagasore, Hero of Independence Asassinated after two weeks as PM |
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| Unity Monument Sticks bound together are strong |
Burundi: Source du Nil
Burundi proudly marks the "Source du Nil" spring as the Southermost source of the Nile.
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| Commemorative Pyramid for the Source of the Nile |
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| Pyramid Plaque (1938) |
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| Graham at the Nile Pyramid |
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| View NW, over the Nile watershed |
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| The source spring itself! Starting off on a 4000 miles journey North |
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| Behold, the Source of the Nile! |
Burundi: Gitega Area
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| Busy market day at a small town |
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| Gitega: National Museum |
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| Gitega: National Museum |
Burundi: Gishora Drummers
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| Formet Royal hut/palace |
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| Drum Procession |
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| Post-drumming group photo |
Seychelles
Seychelles: Victoria
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| Small Clock Tower A replica of "Little Ben" on Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London |
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| National Museum: 17th c ship cannon |
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| Modern "portrait" of famous pirate Olivier le Vasseur, hanged 1730 |
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| 18th c "Tresure Chest" found in 1994 |
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| Liberty Monument |
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| Unity Monument |
Seychelles: Victoria Botanic Gardens: Aldabra Giant Tortoises
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Seychelles: Island Tour
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| Anse Royale Beach |
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| Coco de Mer "The world's largest seed" |
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| Cocoa tree, with pods Pods growing directly off branches |
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| Aldabra tortoise |
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| Aldabra tortoises at play They were quite noisy, too. |
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| Sauzier Waterfall |
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| Island view |
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Mauritius
Mauritius: Dodos
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| Mauritius Institute: Home of the Dodo Gallery |
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| Charming animatronic dodo It wiggles its wings and opens its beak |
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| Complete Dodo skeleton |
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| Dodo skeleton |
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| Re-imagined dodo |
Mauritius: Port Louis
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| Queen Victoria Statue |
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| Port Loius, from Fort Adelaide |
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| Rather grim Fort Adelaide |
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| Jummah Mosque |
Mauritius: South-West Tour
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| View from Westin Turle Bay Resort |
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| Grand Bassin: Giant Shiva statue |
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| Grand Bassin: Ganesh statue |
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| Gran Bassin |
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| Grand Bassin |
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| Spiky Mountain |
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| Alexndra Falls |
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| Black River Gorges view |
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| Andu's Waterfall |
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| Chamarel Waterfall |
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| Chamarel "Seven colored Earth" (ho hum) |
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| More Aldabra tortoises |
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| Pieter Both mountain With head-shaped boulder perched on top |
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Nairobi
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| Nairobi National Museum |
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| Turkana Boy skeleton |
Comoros
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| View from Itsandra Beach Hotel |
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| Resident tortoise at Itsandra Beach Hotel |
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| Moroni Mosque |
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| Debris from 1977 lava flow |
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| Where 1977 lava entered the ocean |
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| Ourovéni fishing village |
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| Foumbouni mosque |
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| Old Foumbouni |
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| Foumbouni waterfront |
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| Chindini Beach |
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| Iconi old city |
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| Iconi mosque |
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| View from Iconi |
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| Ruins of Iconi Palace |
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| Colorful spider in Iconi Palace ruins |
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