I have had enough of buses so I fly from Mwanza back to Dar Es Salaam. A 2 day bus journey is condensed into a 1 hour 45 minute flight. I learn a valuable lesson. I am back in Dar to catch the Tazara Express, a 2 day train journey into the middle of Zambia leading eventually to Lusaka. I've booked a first class sleeper carriage as a 40 hour train journey will be a new experience for me.

So here is my first blog entry! Apparently is has been long-awaited judging from some of the comments so far. Let's start at the start; Heathrow departures. I arrived in plenty of time for the flight which, in retrospect, was probably a mistake. It was whilst sitting in the hall waiting for the flight that the personal magnitude of my decision began to hit home. I've been to lots of airports over the last few years and consequently they hold little fascinati...