Next stop on the India tour is Ramnagar for the Jim Corbett National Park and tiger safari. The journey there involved our first Indian Rail experience - a 3rd class A/C sleeper train. We arrived at 6am not realising quite how far north we had come (virtually in the foothills of the Himalayas!), as our driver picked us up in an open top jeep the 40 min drive to the hotel was windy and freezing! With little time other than to drop our bags off and grab a fleece we...

After 2 months in Africa it's time to move onto Asia and specifically India - I am at last joined by Gemma who missed out on Africa but is now here for the duration. The flight into Delhi arrived at crazy o'clock in the morning yet the airport was still packed with people. A hazy smog has penetrated the terminal building and we're wondering what awaits us after passport control. Fortunately Gemma arranged for someone from the hostel to pick us up and he takes us...

The last destination on the African leg of my trip sees me returning to Johannesburg, this time to stay for a few days. I've been to the city twice already, but never left the airport terminal. JoBurg has a truly appalling reputation in the UK (whether deserved or not) and more so than anywhere else on my travels I'm uneasy at the prospect at travelling alone. My unease is not helped by the taxi driver pointing to the downtown part of the city as we speed by on...

I was incredibly sorry to be leaving Cape Town, it was up there with Zanzibar as the best place I'd visited on my trip so far, however my next destination had me guessing as to what to expect. That destination was Madagascar. A confession. When arranging my itinerary my entire knowledge about Madagascar was based on the popular animated movie and during my travels I had managed to supplement that flimsy and questionable knowledge with the following facts: (1)...

After all the fun and excitement of Livingstone I was riding high and very much looking forward to visiting Cape Town, especially as it had been recommended by so many people back home. I caught a flight (via JoBurg) with OneTime airline which was pretty good despite some comments that it was called OneTime because passengers only fly with them on one occasion. I was fortunate to be flying with Sophie, whom I'd met at the hostel in Livingstone. My digs in Cape...