Part 2... We spent a lovely few days in Singapore, which is very tourist friendly and we basically did everything you could for free! Highlights of this was a visit to the botanic gardens and an open top bus tour of the christmas lights! Then before we knew it we were up in the air again and on the way to Australia! We landed in a very cold and wet Melboune (we thought it was meant to be summer!), but luckily the weather picked up a bit the next day. We hired a...

Hello! Long time no speak - apologies, we have lost many blog entries due to dodgy internet connections! So, casting our memories back to about 7 weeks ago...... After Zanzibar we headed into Malawi, stopping off for a 32km hike up a very steep hill to Livingstonia (a mission station set up by David Livingstone). Then it was to the shores of the very placid lake, where we went horse trekking along the beach, and rode the horses bare-back into the water, until ...

Hello - Long time no update so here goes ... The last week in Uganda was spent in the South West corner where we visited the beautiful Lake Bunyonyi, paddled our way around its islands in a dug-out canoe (getting lost only once) and stayed in a Geodome surrounded by hundreds of birds. We passed through Jinja on the way back to Nairobi stopping for a tasty meal with the AV volunteers and our first glass of wine for 6 weeks. Spent a couple of days in Nairobi vi...

Hello! So have spent about a week at the school sharing a house with the AV volunteers for this year, think they were glad that andrew was there to give them advice on how to survive life in the school! Andrew has done some teaching and we have jazzed up one of the classrooms by stenciling some animals on the walls! After a very squashed bus ride we arrived in Mbale, a pleasant little town, and we treated ourselves to a nice hotel (and have just eaten ther bigg...

Hello All, Fay and I have just about come to the end of our seperate projects in Uganda so I am sat in an internet cafe in Jinja waiting for her to arrive on the minibus from Entebbe. My firsat week was spent mainly spent trying to get things going - often a frustrating experience - especially when the school has lost its only ladder and replacing it involves cutting down trees. Anyhow, I eventually got the main school building painted and it certainly bright...