We had two days of driving ahead of us with no real stops. The first drive took us to Mwzana on the shores of Lake Victoria and Steve's home town. The campsite was crazy busy and we were kept awake by partying locals until about 3 in the morning. I was also bitten to death by mosquitos and my feet looked and itched like I had the pox for days. On the way out of Mzanza the next day we stopped to meet Steve's eldest son (who was jokingly matched to Hunter) before ...

Heading away from the crater we passed plenty of animals - giraffe, zebra, gazelle and wildebeest both at the side of the road and crossing the road. The scenery wsa amazing - again. Steve spotted a lion in a bush next to the road that countless other vehicles had driven straight past. We also came across a family of hyenas taking a bath. We arrived at the gates of Serengeti around lunch time and were able to view the sheer magnitude of the migration from the v...

A relaxed start and the first short journey on our new truck with the full crew back to Arusha for provisions as the next few nights would be spent in basic camps not near supermarkets. We drove to just outside the crater and divided into 2 4x4s as the truck would not be able to get in and out of the crater. We drove towards the crater stopping at a view point were you could see the crater laid out in front of you. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest i...

So as I said an early start, we all gathered at reception at 6 and waited...and waited...and waited. Finally the truck arrived at gone 7! This we discovered would not be the last time we did not start on time. I finally met another girl who was on my trip - Tanya from New York but originally from Belarus and we were to pick a guy on the way out of Nairobi and join another truck in Arusha which would be our home for the next 22 days. The traffic again was horri...