We arrived in Cairo as the sun was setting on my 26th birthday. Just as in Italy, no customs official wished my happy birthday when perusing my passport :( We knew we had to get visas on arrival, but finding just where to buy them was tricky (turns out the 2 bank branches before the passport control are there for that). Getting a cab was a muddled affair too, but after being passed from fluent English-speaking taxi representative to broken-English speaking fau...

"Down in Kenya where the Masai roamAnd the grass grows tall on the veldt"- Warren Zevon, 'Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded'Ok, so last time I posted I was in Arusha (4 Aug).  Now I'm in London, and tomorrow I'll be in Venice, but for the sake of simplicity, let's just pretend I'm still in Kenya.Our 3 day / 2 night excursion to the Serengeti and Ngorogoro Crater was amazing.We saw 2 leopards, a black rhino (thus completing our ...

Hello from Arusha, the gateway to the Serengeti and the Ngorogoro Crater.  We spent 11 hours on the truck yesterday getting from Dar Es Salaam to Marangu... which was a lovely way to spend Marisa's birthday!!!I  t was better on arrival, as we got a free upgrade to a room with three single beds but the real score was having a roof coz it rained all night (and those in tents got soaked).  Oh, and it's always cool to say you had your 25th birt...

Ok so we haven't had enough time/money recently to include song lyrics in our blogs, so I'll include two in this entry to make up for it. Suits me fine since I couldn't really choose which one to use anyway. I bless the rains down in AfricaGonna take some time to do the things we never had - 'Africa' by Toto What's your favorite dish?I'm not gonna cook itBut I'll order it from Zanzibar! - 'FHG' by Tenacious D First up, Laura I apologise if you find this ...

All in all it took 3 and a half hours to do my last post and upload the photos in Livingstone, so that kinda broke my internet cafe budget for a little while, meaning this will just be a quick update from the shores of Lake Malawi.  Also complicating things: I got a reply from a literary agent who wants a sample of The City We Forgot To Name.  But don't despair, if I'm frugal, I may splurge in Zanzibar and put some more (very different) photos.T...