Bulawayo and rhino tracking Just before arriving at our campsite in Bulawayo-the nicest looking town we've seen thus far, we stopped at a 'Food Lovers' supermarket. I've never seen a truck load of people look so happy. The best way I can think of describing it is Waitrose/Booths. When overlanding through Africa and not having access to amazing food at times, you can understand why we were so happy. The fruit and veg section was amazing, they had a salad bar, th...

I'm sat on the verandah of our luxury island lodge, looking 30m across the river at impalas drinking from the water, monkeys in the tree above me and a cat sat on the chair next to me. I don't know where it lives but it appeared at our door yesterday morning and keeps coming back. We're at Antelope Park, a private game reserve near Gweru in Zimbabwe that runs a lion conservation programme, aiming to increase the number of these very quickly diminishing animals th...

Chimanimani mountains & Zimbabwe ruins It's overcast and raining outside and a fair bit colder than its been in recent weeks as we drive towards Masvingo. It reminds me of home and it's making me feel a bit homesick and missing family and friends. Olivia will be returning to, and in the case of Freya, starting school this week. I'd like to see them in their new school uniforms. I think little Finley will feel lost without his big sisters in the house. We tho...

Malawi Chitimba - after a leisurely breakfast of French toast and poached eggs we decided to walk up the mountain to Livingstonia, a town set up by missionaries in 1884. In the intense heat we set out to walk the 17km up hill, along a dusty russet red road. The directions we'd been given suggested we'd pass 20 bends in the steep winding road and we'd reach the town. Not so. Feeling hot and hungry we reached bend 20 and felt a little lost, stopping to ask where we...

Chui, our big yellow truck can seat 24, thankfully there are only 13 of us in the back so plenty of space to move around, lie down and sleep and spread out our belongings. There is also the beach- an elevated day bed at the back of the truck where the roof of the truck comes off so you can kneel and poke your head out to watch the scenery unfold ahead of you. I'm writing this from the comfort of said bed, looking out to the Udsungwa mountains, rising majesticall...