After a good nights sleep we were well rested and raring to go. Breakfast was a very French affair - you feel the Colonial influence - of fruit, croissant and French bread. At 9am we were collected by our guide and driver and set off on the 3 hour drive to the East coast and our first reserve the Andasibe- Mantadia national park. As it was a Sunday there was less traffic and we got to see the bustling city at a more relaxed pace. The shops and market stalls were...

We left London yesterday, Friday 19th October, on the 1025 BA flight to Nairobi. On Thursday evening I attended an exceptionally good Police Bravery awards which PMAS sponsored and got back to the hotel at 0100am; so after barely 4 hours sleep I was up again at 5.15 to catch one of the first tubes to terminal five. (John was well rested as he had stayed at the hotel rather than brave the awards!) Luckily we stayed at the Pullman hotel very close to Kings Cross a...