On Monday 11th we flew to Johannesburg, getting to the airport ridiculously early. We ended up watching Olympic boxing as it was the only thing on, and then on our arrival in Joburg our pickup didn't arrive, so we spent 2 hours waiting for him! Once we finally got to our hotel, we found we had a massive room which was a nice change from camping, but realised the only "safe" thing to do in the city was to go to the mall! The next day we did yet more sho...

Hi everyone! Hope you're all ok! On Thursday 31st we went on a village walk in Kande, and visited the local school and hospital. It was really interesting but you felt sorry for the kids there, as the school was very basic and only a very very small number go on to University. On our way back two little girls gave us their addresses and asked us to write to them which was quite sweet. On Friday 1st August we had a chilled out day and just read some books in t...

We've added a few blog entries at once so hopefully this will work and make sense! :-) On Tuesday 29th we had a really rubbish breakfast at the Fawlty Towers hotel - we turned up to find hard boiled eggs, some bread, and some sad looking fruit. We were told we could request eggs cooked to our liking, but when I ordered fried eggs, the waiter looked at me, then said "you have omelette?". I said no, but then they promptly brought me an omelette anyway. ...

On the 26th we were up at 4.30am (!) and left Dar es Salaam for Baubab Camp, named after the "upside down" trees that are prolific in the area. Apparently some live for up to 4,000 years! The campsite was really nice and in the evening we got to sit back and look at the stars, spotting the milky way and about a million other stars - loads more than back in London!! :-)On Sunday 27th we left the camp after pancakes for breakfast (yum!) and a lie in (9.30...

The day after Simon's birthday, the 23rd, we spent the day lazing on the beach at Zanzibar. We went for a walk down the beach to the lighthouse and turtle sanctuary, and were approached by a local guy called Moses who chatted with us and told us about his brother who lived in Coventry! Amy taught him a new English phrase - "lovely jubbly", much to our amusement. In the evening we had dinner at the local restaurant, the Fat Fish, although the waiter trie...