Jambo!!We are now in Arusha and have had the best few days ever so this may be a long blog so make sure you have a cup of tea and are sitting comfortably!! On our last day in Zanzibar we got up and went to the internet café and had a look round some shops before we met the rest of our group to get the ferry back to Dar Es Salaam. We got back and got the little boat over the sea and onto the truck again and back to camp to set up our tent. We had dinner and went ...

Hi All, We crossed the border from Malawi into Tanzania and paid yet another $50 each, they sure know how to bleed you dry here that's for sure. Today we got up at 4.30am for our all day drive to Ininga in Tanzania and it was a long day but there was lots of stunning scenery and the clouds were so low down or the mountains were so high however you want to look at it but it was stunning anyway. There were lots of people tenting their crops in fields and most of t...

Hi All, We crossed the border from Malawi into Tanzania and paid yet another $50 each, they sure know how to bleed you dry here that's for sure. Today we got up at 4.30am for our all day drive to Ininga in Tanzania and it was a long day but there was lots of stunning scenery and the clouds were so low down or the mountains were so high however you want to look at it but it was stunning anyway. There were lots of people tenting their crops in fields and most of t...

Hi All, After we packed up camp in Chipata we drove to the Malawi border - the warm heart of Africa. We had been well warned that begging is a culture here and to not be offended by it and our tour guide Biggie also had malaria here so we were to be very careful. In Zambia I had taken out 1.5 million kwacha (currency), probably the only time I will be able to take out 1.5m anywhere lol and as the exchange place had been shut Biggie got us a good rate at the bor...

Hi All, After we packed up camp in Chipata we drove to the Malawi border - the warm heart of Africa. We had been well warned that begging is a culture here and to not be offended by it and our tour guide Biggie also had malaria here so we were to be very careful. In Zambia I had taken out 1.5 million kwacha (currency), probably the only time I will be able to take out 1.5m anywhere lol and as the exchange place had been shut Biggie got us a good rate at the bor...