Well thats Africa sorted. We are going on a 32 day camping safari from Johannesburg to Nairobi. We will be travelling through South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. Some of the highlights on the tour include Kruger National Park, Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Matobo National Park, Victoria Falls, Lake Malawi, Zanzibar, Serengeti and Ngorongoro National Parks plus lots lots more!!! Our flights have been confirmed now and we leave Heathrow at...

Things are really starting to move ahead with our travel plans!! We have decided that we will leave Orkney on Friday 9th March. We have a tour in mind to get us started in Africa but will need to get it booked along with our flights so fingers crossed we get the dates we want. :)

Well its very excitin coz earlier th day we eventually got our flights paid for (after me tryin yesterday only to find out my card was out of date) only thing tht spoilt it was th fact i cudna get excited as ended up goin straight to bed ill! Poor Cam had t b excited all on his own! We r booked up until we arrive in New Zealand and th flights r valid until 2014 which means we cud stay away for 2 years if we really wanted (doubt we cud aford tht tho!lol.) After c...

I know its early but I have decided to make my first blog entry on the site! Means I can keep track of the planning as well as the actual trip! Got really excited the day coz finally got a reply from STA travel about booking our flights. Our flight plan is now; London Heathrow - Johannesburg (direct with South African Airways) Nairobi - Dehli (via Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Airlines) Dehli - Beijing (via Colombo with Sri Lankan Airlines) Singapore - Perth (d...