Trekking across 2 more countries and Rach and I are now in Victoria Falls, on the Zimbabwe side and at the end of our offical Overland Tour. It has been a pretty magnificant month so far, and we've still got another week left in Africa and are planning on making the most of it. Today, I spend the morning white water rafting down the Zambezi River - the fourth largest river in the world. I've been rafting down the Tully near Cairns before, and was holding o...

Rach and I are currently lakeside, chill-axing (as our local friend says) beside Lake Malawi. The lake itself is so big (takes up half the country) that it has its own navy. It's also infamous for the freaky little snail worms that get under your skin and crawl up into your brain. But we've been assured that's only in the stagnant little pools (fingers crossed) as we've already been for a swim. Our trip so far has been absolutely amazing. After our Masai Mara s...

Rach and I have been in Africa for 7 days now and in that time we've seen Lions, Elephants, Hippos, giraffe, babboon, hyena, warthogs, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, meercat, impala, a Leopard, and a Jackle. Hello Africa! We arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on 29 December, wary of the "Ni-robbery" reputation that surrounds it. Prepared to need to guard our wallets with our lives, we were plesantly suprised that, while the city looks a bit dodgy, and there may be...