We had chosen to head to Nkhata Bay today and, since we would make up an hour when we went through the border, decided we could relax and read a little in the morning before we left. Bongo Campsite is really in a very picturesque region of Tanzania with high mountains peaks and virgin forest that the road to the border passes through. Next to the road there is not an empty lot with tea plantations in between dirty little towns and motorbikes and bicycles consta...

Probably the most significant part of this day was realising Ant's driver's licence was invalid. He just never bothered to check and it had been invalid for 6 months. Now the police everywhere think that surely a couple planning to spend 3 months on the road will try to chance it by setting off without windscreen wipers or headlights and definitely the driver's licence needs to be checked often as they will probably be unlicensed drivers trying to do the trip. ...