Hannah today had to do beach rides which, as a result means we didn't have to take the horses on their morning exercise ride... Instead we stayed in town and relaxing on the beach between rides. We also walked down to the estuary entry to spot some hippo. Over all a pretty lazy day, which was nice since it was like a little holiday for us both. For lunch I treated myself and we ate out and I had a crocodile steak, which was a first for me. It's true, fishy tas...

Last night I got eaten alive! Hannah remained untouched, at one point in the night i woke to get some repellant and there were at least 20 huge mosquitoes on the wall near my head! These thankfully don't carry malaria but are massive and painful! Today I was 'helping' Hannah at work. Every morning the 12 horses needed for the week safari's have to have a good "run". This means that each rider holds onto another horse and they run round the sugar plantations. T...

Early start since we needed to take the Bucky (what S.A call a pickup) to the garage for a service so it's ready for owners tomorrow. On the way back we stopped at the supermarket. It's a bizarre thought if your reading this from the Uk, but after being in 3rd world countries for 2 1/2 months a supermarket seems the best thing ever! Especially the one we were in, selling unnecessary products like cookies and milk that gies off after a week!! Amazing! I brought b...

Today I am reminded by diary to take my pills for the snails of lake Malawi that crawl into your feet, hopefully to stop me getting Bilhartsea or something.. I'm delaying this for another 2 weeks thanks to the advice if Dr Jo and Dr Eve. Near the entrance to the park yesterday we spotted a croc centre, and after an investigation we found the free on Sundays. I thought this was worth a visit. Very well laid out centre with plenty of crocs if all shapes and size...

Amazing nights sleep, the best I have had since I left England! Here in SA the temperature, although still humid is thankfully dramatically less than MOZ. Today we had use if the Landrover and were off to drive into St Lucia national park for a Safari. After stopping at a supermarket and arming ourself with water, bread, ham and other basics we set off. There were hardly no other cars at the entrance to the reserve which was promising. We were heading up to Cap...