Arrived in Mt Abu - a small village set in the mountains, located at the highest point in Rajasthan - where we stayed for 2 nights. Stayed in a hotel perfect for backpackers where we could get good food, beer, and sit around fires at night. We ventured into the village on arrival to see some guy being carted around in some chariot type thing, surrounded by dancers and people throwing petals and garlands at him. Never did find out who he was, but after several con...

Arrived here from Kenya at 2am... so it wasn't as intense as our last arrival in India! The number of people trying to con us/rip us off had quadrupled though!!We'd spent 45 minutes with the guy at customs because there was something wrong with our Yellow Fever certificates!! We never found out what it was, but we were ok!! Had booked our first night here with STA about 3 months ago... and of course the hotel had no idea who we were/ why we were at thei...

Returned to Nairobi to spend our final night at Jo and Roo's and, after saying goodbye to William Gilly and Emma, spent our final day having lunch with Brian Jo and Nick. We still managed to almost forget ALL of our luggage in the Masai Market car park, but realised just in time. This was followed by arriving at check-in with Tim and Caroline's Kenya guide book, which we promptly had to post to them from the airport - easier said then done! It was lovely...

Left Jo and Roo's at 7am, with our driver William, for our 3 day safari. The drive through Rift Valley was breathtaking and that was even before we arrived at Lake Nakuru! Spent 2 days at Lake Nakuru National Park surrounded by a mass of buffalo, giraffe, rhino, zebra, monkeys and warthogs!! We were lucky enough to see a leopard on our first day, a hippo and many balck rhino's. Having seen five lions from a fair distance on our first day, we returned on...

Here for 5 days, after a 17hour train journey - Becky didn't sleep because she thought we were being hi-jacked every time we stopped! The journey is meant to take 11hours - there is only one train that goes from Nairobi to Mombassa one day and returns the next. How it's late EVERY day is a mystery. One answer we were given was... Hakuna Matata!! Loving the beach. We are staying in a cottage right on the beach, courtesy of Caroline and her contact Sheila,...