We arrived in Nairobi late last night and hadnt seen much until today. We got picked up from the airport in an old London black cab, which was a surprise! Everyone drives on the left-hand side of the road as well - there are a lot of throwbacks to Kenya being an ex-colony. Their currency is in shillings as well. The hotel we are staying in is an amazing family run business, it has 4 restaurants, a pool, amazing grounds, and the building dates back to god knows wh...

Well it's almost a week until we head off to Africa and I'm manically doing all of the last minute preparations for the trip! We're both really excited but can't quite believe we're leaving so soon! Our first stop is Nairobi, Kenya, where we'll be staying in a nice little hotel for a couple of nights before we head off on the overland truck tour. I think it might be a bit of a shock going from a nice hotel to a tent in the middle of Africa! I'll leave it here ...