The longest flight to the stopover in Rio. Watched another 6 films, didn't sleep. This time we didn't even get off the plane - I just sat looking at Rio through the window - looked sunny. By this stage I had no idea what time or day it was. My own name was tricky....

Not much to say - five and half hour from Nairobi to Dubai - watched two films, didn't sleep. A quick change of terminals and a wander around the shops, breakfast and then onto the next plan. This may well be the longest I spend in Dubai in my life - less than an hour!

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...