Now in country number 6 and it's already starting to feel as though we've left the Africa we had become accustomed to. Windhoek is a small but modern capital city and its so clean! There is a real German influence and that along with the Afrikaans appears to mean good food and plenty of it. James has already had 'the best apple strudel ever' (apart from the one we had at the wedding of course!). I think James is going to love Namibia as the consumption of bilto...

Today we leave Livingstone and Zambia, heading over the border to Namibia. It's been a great few weeks here and we are rather sad to leave. Our time with the book bus continued to be a great experience and whilst I don't think James will ever be able to face reading Funny Bones or the Hare and the Tortoise ever again it has been well worth it. On Friday we visited a the local 'cowboy community pre-school' and were welcomed by tiny little 3-5 year olds singing the...

This weekend a few of us took a weekend road trip into Botswana a short drive across the border from Livingstone. Our mini adventure began without a hitch, passing through various police check points without issue. A few kilometres from the border we were stopped again and this time were not quite so lucky. The police were insistent that we needed a particular piece of paper we didn't have and our driver spent quite some time trying to convince them otherwise. Af...

Freezing nights in a tent, cold mornings and sunny days have so far characterised our time at the , 'Grotto', home of the book bus. We have both been sleeping in most of our clothes and have needed to source additional blankets and sleeping bags! It's nearing the end of our first week with the project and we've been to the orphanage and two local community schools. The kids are fantastic and so eager to learn. As we drive through the outskirts of town into th...

Livingstone has now been our home for the last five or so days and we've been filling our time with some spectacular sights and adrenaline fuelled activities. Victoria Falls is the only place worldwide where a lunar rainbow can be seen. We were lucky enough to arrive the day after full moon and spent our first evening in Livingstone seeing this incredible spectacle over Victoria Falls. Seeing the Falls at night is a real privilege, the park is only open during ...