27th - 1st July - JHB, South Africa Back to the Africa light version on the continent. Comparative first world again was fantastic. We headed to the very Afrikaans town of Krugersdorp. Gave me the chance to brush upon my not so good 2nd language. We headed to a local pub to watch the Boks take on the British Lions. Great way to immerse Chris into true South African culture. All topped off with a true South African braai. We then headed off to Secunda. Luckily fo...

15th June - Serengeti, large amount of Hippo We departed Speke Bay for our first day of game viewing through the Western Serengeti, which during this time of the year contains the bulk of the 1 million wildebeest & 200k Zebra, plus many other buck, however due to some unseasonal rains this has been delayed and the migrating animals are still in central Serengeti. The highlight of the day was our guide Prosper's little gem of a spot to find hippo, there were ...

On Wednesday 10th June we left for bustling and chaotic Nairobi. We arrived in quite a dump (thanks lonely planet for your recommendation). However everything was on the up when we were told that the Safari Company was upgrading us from camping to lodges for free (Yes free!). We met our fantastic Kenyan guide Albert who is versed in all types of African politics, the history of all 42 tribes in Kenya and every animal under the sun. Our first day saw us drive t...

On Sunday - we met Scooby (our overland truck) and the rest of the 13 people on our Botswana trip. If you think of boarding school - you are pretty onto how the rules on this trip work. And you can imagine how well that goes down with us!!! However, the people are awesome and we are having tons of fun. Our first day, we went into Chobe national park - it was amazing! One whole side of the national park was the chobe river - we saw about 30 elephnats bathing in t...

We arrived safely in Jo'burg on Wed. After forgetting our combination lock number and trying 1000 different combinations - a bolt cutter came in very handy!! So we are now off. Met Margaux and Reghard and flew into Vic Falls, Zim. After walking around the ghostily quiet town of Zim - where the currency has now been discontinued (this is after the 100 trillion note was printed). We have warthogs and buck right outside our chalet. Princess Michelle arrived with h...