We had to start our day with some repair work. The diesel leak had started up again from the pump so we needed to replace the pipe and we had yet another flat tyre which needed to be repaired. So after fixing the pipe and getting into Iringa for the tyre repair and diesel we were on the road late morning. We also found a great market and got the Masai blankets we'd been looking for at a much better price than the tourist places. It was probably one of ou...

The first 30km took us 3 hours to get out of Dar Es Saalam. It is another ridiculous situation where there is one road in and out and only a single carriageway for all the trucks and busses that have to chug along out of the city in the morning. We left at 7 and joined a long queue for the ferry. Michael and Daniel, the students we'd met the night before, told us if they built a bridge across the harbour it would change so many things: all the rich would build ...

Having not seen the beach when we arrived the night before, but having seen the lights in the distance it's was interesting to wake up and find we were looking out onto an island. There are, in fact, a number of islands off the Tanzanian coast, obviously Phemba and Unguja that make up Zanzibar being the most famous and prominent. South Beach is a beautiful stretch of white sand with a number of hotels and campsites littered along it's length. As Martin had advi...

We wanted to do a snorkelling trip in the Mombasa waters but the Kenyan government is again on top of that - only $15pp though and we decided this one we would take. Captain Kassim took us out on his dhow with Mustafa the name sake of the boat and another Rasta-looking chap wearing a sleeveless shirt and underpants. We went out into the marine reserve which runs along the Mombasa coastlines and were wowed by the abundant marine life living amongst the coral. We...

The next morning after breakfast we headed for the Serengeti gate as we needed to be out by 13:00 to avoid paying for another 24hours. We made it easily and continued to drive through the Serengeti hoping to see the migration. Ant spoke to a number of drivers at the gate who indicated where we should go and we found the migrants which was wonderful to see! Everywhere you looked there were Wildebeest with their babies running in a general direction, there are ov...