I think I'm in love! With a blonde, six foot, white water rafting guide called Sven... Or maybe it's just his job I'm in love with, I'm not sure, it's hard to separate the two. His job means he gets to surf down the Zambezi in the African sunshine every single day. He personally has a lot of facial hair and is the wrong side of thirty (and he's called Sven)... I think maybe I'll go with the job! I probably should begin where I left off last time but I'm finding ...

TIA One thing I've noticed since I started my travels is that we Brits like to complain - a lot. Sometimes I think we don't even know we're doing it, to us our negative words are nothing more than throwaway comments not intended to be taken as serious dissatisfaction. Rather than pointing out what moaners we all are however, the African locals have a foolproof answer to all British tourist grumbles. 'TIA', they say, often with an accompanying shrug of their sh...

I'm resisting the urge to copy and paste the blog entry Kirsty did on her site earlier this morning and am going to write my own! Not that it's a chore or anything... ;) If you want a different view of things though feel free to go to www.offexploring.com/kirstymacdowall! So anyway, my trip so far in brief: No. of times the phrase 'I've lost my passport!' uttered in panic: 4No. of times actually lost passport: 0No. of times I've said 'I don't really get bitten'...