Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I've been home for nearly 2 months now and it's absolutely killing me, I so desperately want to go back travelling somewhere- preferably Africa but I'll take what I can get. I just want to go and make new cool friends from all over the world- I loved seeing my friends but now they're all back in uni it's boring at home before I go to uni. I'm sure things will be better once I get to uni next week, but for now I'm so bored being back at ...

Today, the 18th of August, is the day I was originally supposed to leave Africa! I would have flown out of Niassa on the 16th and spent a few days on the beach in Pemba and would now be waiting at the airport to fly home. I've had a cool few weeks at home, and I got to spend time with my dad (who is working in Qatar again and goes back in a few days) and got to see some family I haven't seen in ages and caught up with friends, but I had an empty feeling the whole...

I finally booked my flight to Australia! Woooo! I'm still working out when I'm going to leave for Africa, as I know I need to be in Mozambique for the beginning of May, but not sure if I'll be able to go to South Africa before that (I'm so poor, boo). But I've got my working holiday visa for Oz, and I'm planning some time in New Zealand too, so it's all coming together! I bought a 55:70 litre rucksack which is absolutely perfect for me, and loads of liners and b...

I'm back home in Wales now, and still reeling from Africa! The flight home was horrific, all the pushy, annoying people from around the world seemed to be gathered to Dar es Salaam airport and I don't understand why :( Shout out to the small child who thought it would be fun to kick the back of my chair on the plane for 7 HOURS. PARENTS, PLEASE CONTROL YOUR CHILDREN. AAAAAH. Anyway, after a month in Africa trying to prepare myself for the worst on results day, ...

So, I go to Africa tomorrow! I'm crazy excited and I haven't shut up about it for so long now. The picture attached to this blog post is what I came here to talk about- I got my 18th Birthday present early yesterday (my actual birthday is 2 weeks today) and my parents got me a Canon EOS Rebel SL1! It's my first fancy DSLR camera and I'm in love with it! I should hopefully get some amazing photos in Africa- especially at the bush camps! I took it on a trip with a...