Dear Diary They say that Johannesburg is a dangerous place. When I visited this part of the world before I didn't dare leave the safety of a 4 star hotel. But this time I see they are right and I will list just a few of the dangers here: 1. Danger of being caught in an electrical storm. There have been at least 4 of these in the 4 days we've been here. You can feel a build up of atmospheric pressure and then it really lets loose on a biblical scale. The fork l...

Dear Diary Lets get started then... Nairobi airport requires a diary entry all of its own. We were stuck in this nasty hole for 9 hours on the way from Heathrow to Johannesburg. Air Kenya's central hub airport majestically fails to live up to its self certified tag line 'the Pride of Africa'. It's a day of frustration, furry/missing teeth and overpriced turkey sandwiches (14usd). Reasons for delays are: 1. On a previous air Kenya flight the oxygen masks are ...