Today was the day we set off on our walking safari - 0630 breakfast and a 7.15 departure- an early departure was a necessity to ensure we arrived by lunchtime and were not walking for too long in the heat of the day. John led with his great long strides and we fairly galloped along behind ....but it was a good pace and we kept up. He was supported by two young men from the Hadzape bushmen tribe and our Masai spotter Lenkoyi - Mdebe was still recovering from our ...

After our 6.00 am tea tray and bucket shower we went to the mess tent for breakfast as we had decided to go for a another slightly longer walk. We set off at 7am with our guide, spotter and an old Masai, wearing traditional Masai dress and a woolly hat! He led the walk and we double translation as he spoke to our spotter in Masai, he translated it into Swahili and spoke to our guide who translated it again into English for us - it seemed to work and nothing seeme...

Up at 6 ......well the tea arrived and for the first time we were stuck to the mattress. John relented first and got the tea tray and made the tea - he then quickly showered but didn't shave I quickly showered and we arrived just 5 minutes late - but it could have been so much more! Because the guide and vehicle are only for us it meant we were not impacting on anybody else......otherwise I am sure we would have wiggled faster! We took a packed breakfast with u...

We arrived in Nairobi last night and now knowing there are two immigration halls we didn't follow the crowds turning right, we turned left and were second in the queue and out in a jiff - beats the almost 90mins last time! But there are swings and roundabouts - the luggage took an age - after arriving at 2130 we were finally united with our 4 bags and in the taxi heading to the Hilton at 2230ish. I checked in while John left two of the bags at the concierge des...

We left Costa Rica on the 8am flight for our short trip to Miami where we stayed until our late pm connection to Freeport; this was followed by a very quick taxi transfer to our resort. As we were a little late and had missed the supermarket run the manager offered to take us which was great as we were able to get milk for a cup of tea and a few other essentials. The week was spent having early morning runs; relaxing by the pool- we ventured to the beach on one...