NungwiOur minibus ride north to the beach village of Nungwi was as eventful as always. Another budding F1 driver, trapped on the minor race circuits of Africa. We had taken the advice of our bi-polar guesthouse owner and booked a tourist minibus on the pretence that we would have extra room inside and a space for luggage on the roof so we wouldn't have to nurse our bags. This was not exactly the case. When the bus arrived to collect us from the hotel, it was alre...

Zanzibar, Stone TownToday was the day we had longed for, we were on our way to Zanzibar. Think Zanzibar and you float away on exotic images of Arabian nights, spices, dhow boats and postcard perfect white sandy beaches. Throughout history Zanzibar was controlled by many, the Omani's, British and Portuguese each had their turn, and at one time it was once the capital of the Arabian empire in Africa. Zanzibar was an important centre for the slave trade to Arabia an...

Dar Es SalaamEasyjet have proven that it is possible to squeeze someone into a space 25% smaller than there body size - our "luxury" bus to Dar Es Salaam took this to a whole new level. We were levered into our seats with a crowbar before the seats in front were hydraulically reclined to squeeze the last breaths from our lungs. Believe it or not this did serve to benefit us - as it kept us in our seats as our typically suicidal bus driver who refused to...

MoshiWe cruised into the small town of Moshi, keen for some well-earned rest, and found a hotel. Karen crashed out, but although exhausted I went for a wander around town. It was stinking hot in Moshi, it would have been energy sapping if I had any in the first place. There wasn't much to the town, but I feared that if I stopped moving I would seize up for good.We ate at a small Italian restaurant near our hotel, but were horrified but the abundance of white face...

Mount Kilimanjaro -Karens account of the climb. Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, Oh My God - it was beeeeeeeeeep hard (I would swear there but I have family reading this!!). No doubt the hardest thing I have ever physically done before. We decided to do the Machame route as it is physically more challenging than the Marangu route, goes through beautiful and different scenery, landscape and vegetation and is good for acclimatization. You also camp rather than stay in hut...