Returned from Zambia to Johannesburg (a scary city based on the numerous tales of terror we've heard) in order to prepare for our much anticipated safari trip to Kruger National Park. Our days on safari started before five am every day- so life as a backpacker is still full of sleepless nights and early mornings. After a lengthy drive we arrived at the park and had our first game drive at which time everyone on the tour became extremely excited about any ...

Arrived at Livingstone (the Zambian side of Vic Falls) last Friday. First impressions - marginally hotter than home at 35 degrees. This has been the first time since we left that we've actually felt like we are in Africa (SA was a bit posh with far too much electricity, hot water and good roads). We absolutely loved it! First day we walked around the falls, resisting the temptation to spend 3 dollars on a waterproof as waterproofs are for girls. But then...

After nearly a month of travelling we have at last fixed the website and can start updating (and backdating) in ernest! We started off our travels spending time in Cape Town being well taken care of by Miss Rhonda Mercer (Flavia's old flatmate). We cunningly decided that walking up table mountain would be too much of a struggle with our accountant bellies, so we took the cable car up and walked down - this seemed a sensible option at the time, but then we ...