The last day in Africa dawned and I was heading off on a trip to the giraffe sanctuary and elephant orphanage on a private tour with Georgina the local contact for Absolute Africa. Gossiping as we drove she revealed she had told Jo she didn't want Steph to join us when she had been thinking of doing this as she had taken an instant dislike to Steph and labeled her as trouble! So at the giraffe sanctuary I had the most action that I had had had for years as I was...

It turns out google does not recognise Maasi Mara as a single place to tag so I have had to tag our campsite - roughly. On the way to our first game drive we stopped in at a Maasi village for a tour. We watched dancing, jumping and visited a home before the compulsory visit to the shop! Interesting visit and they were just about to start offering home stays. On the first drive we avoided any cats but saw elephants, hyenas and lots of antelope. Made our way to t...

Off to another lake but first was a trial that Felicity and I bore as well as we could - a visit to an orphanage... A good set up with about 20 children between 1 month and 17 years old. They got food and schooling and seemed to be happy with their lot. Our mission was to hand over our donations and play with them for an hour and half. I played the part of someone who enjoyed this and managed to fool everyone but I was glad to leave and get back on the road. We...

The journey over the border happened without incident and we made it to our campside just outside Eldoret. Hunter was very upset about the lack of WiFi! We left to travel onwards to Nakuru spending a good time in town on the internet (as we wouldn't be able to go on again until Nairobi), shopping for provisions, buying anti-bilharzia medicine and gifts for th orphanage we would visit on our way to Naivasha in a couple of days. Arriving at the campsite we were m...

Early transfer (aren't they all!) to Jo'burg airport ready for the epic journey north via Kigali to Nairobi. The flight with Rwandair was fine but I hate it when there is security right at the boarding gate where they take your water and then don't let you buy another one on the other side. Landed in Nairobi and met the guy I thought was the taxi driver but he turned out to be the guy who was taking me to my taxi. Apparently the police at the airport are corrup...