Day 31: Sun 2nd March: Move to Akagera Lodge. We arrive at our campsite around 17h00 and shock! Horror! One filthy long-drop toilet and no water whatsoever which means no hand-basins or showers. Ugh!! The road to get here has been horrendous so there is no way we can go back to the lodge or find another site. Especially irritating is that we have had to pay $220 for these two days of camping in this park. The site itself is on top of the escarpment with magn...

Day 28: Thurs 27th Feb: Serengeti to Mwanza - start odo 7911km travelled. We leave at 7:30 for a 4 hour drive through the park to the gate, seeing quite a bit of the usual suspects in game (buffalo, wildebeest, impala, warthog, elephant, giraffe, zebra - lots and lots of pyjama party). After a tea break at the lodge just outside the park gate we head for Mwanza on Lake Victoria. The first 30km is good tar and we are justifiably surprised, then the road turns to...

Day 25: Mon 24th Feb: Karatu to Seronera We get an early start, buy some canned beer in Karatu at a ridiculous price and head for Serengeti. We had agreed to go via Lake Natron and a volcano called Oldoinyo Lengai and perhaps later regret that decision as the road is unbelievable. We battle along at a snails pace and are always amazed as a truck or bus comes bowling along this awful road at twice the speed we are managing. The repairs to these vehicles must be...

Day 25: Mon 24th Feb: Karatu to Seronera We get an early start, buy some canned beer in Karatu at a ridiculous price and head for Serengeti. We had agreed to go via Lake Natron and a volcano called Oldoinyo Lengai and perhaps later regret that decision as the road is unbelievable. We battle along at a snails pace and are always amazed as a truck or bus comes bowling along this awful road at twice the speed we are managing. The repairs to these vehicles must be...

Day 18: Mon 17th Feb: Chitimba to Mbeya, Tanzania - odo at Chitimba 5166km. It's 270km to Mbeya where the Doddle needs its Toyota Book of Life updating with a major service - I am not looking forward to this bill (Prisoner of Mbeya Toyota). Anyway, we first have to say goodbye to Lake Malawi (getting quite fond of it actually) and then cross the Malawi Tanzania border which proves lengthy but quite easy. A black mamba tries to hitch a ride on the Doddle but is s...