'storms in the serengeti' (Written (very) ex post- using diary extracts) Back in the town of Arusha on the Kenya/ Tanzania border, having spent a few amazing days in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. We stay for one night in a camp in the middle of the Serengeti, in which we arrive in the middle of a thunderstorm (passing a lioness with her young on the way). It is pretty mental trying to set up camp, but is a brilliant memory. I am woken up during the nig...

'the spice island' (Written (very) ex post- using diary extracts) Back in Dar es Saleem in Tanzania having been over on the island of Zanzibar just off the coast for a few days. Dar es Saleem itself is pretty mental- really busy and quite different to the countryside we have been used to, and the Islamic influence on the city is very apparent. The main town, Stonetown, in Zanzibar is full of markets and its famous spices. We spend some time in a camp on the nor...