Today was my last day in Tsavo so Chemben and Simon took both Georgia and I to Tsavo East National Park as the animals are more concentrated there as opposed to the west where our camp is. The east was bursting with life and even better, new life! Baby Elephants, Giraffe, Zebra, Hippos, Buffalo and Impala. When we drove to Crocodile point we had spotted a giant pod of Hippos some in the water but mainly sunbathing in the banks among them the other side of the r...

On Wednesday Georgia and I went with nearly all the staff to an area of the bush they wanted to clear for breakfast and sundowners in the bush. First we had to cut the area back with machetes, then pile up the trees to be burnt. We then had to remove the big rocks and move them to then level out the area for tables. So after helping to make a fire using sticks and elephant dung and a long time rubbing the sticks between our hands we managed to set the dung alight...

Hyraxes chatting, birds singing and the sun shining. The butler bids me a good morning as he delivers my cup of tea to my tent at 7.30am. I roll over take in the views and reply good morning. Georgia and I then spent the morning cleaning 2 rooms for guests arriving in a few days. Then went on to spend our afternoon lounging by the pool until sunset. After dinner the guys brought us hot water for our showers before bed. In the shower was the spider I had lost th...