How to bring out the ruby in you Im slightly behind in this blog since Im now in Asia and this is all about Africa but there are some important facts to note! It turns out that Christmas really isn't such a big deal in Tanzania. Generally there is beer and a party but not much more. Luckily for me it still meant a boiling hot day spent minus all very annoying Christmas soundtracks and a huge blue fish on the bbq. Good times. ps I also tried the chicken. I wa...

Going Bananas! In Uganda they love bananas. I have now managed to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner and snack inbetween. They have plantain bananas here that they called matokewhich are surprisingly good. Breakfast was small chewy banana pancakes, given to me by the friendly bus driver, lunch roasted bananas and dinner; mashed bananas with vegetable stew (tasted much better than it sounds!) I have also had them boiled, which again they are surprisingly go...

How to penetrate an impenetrable forest Combine 2 days travel with a non existant bus, 5 hours at a bus station waiting for the driver to have a sleep, a pickup truck with a very expensive wildlife permit. Mix this with an impenetrable forest sprinkled with 300 endangered mountain gorillas and finally add a little bit of rainy season and you have all you need to have a brilliant adventure! I've always been told I have no willpower and true to form it took just ...

A tale of a Dhow and a donkey race So after living the city life of Mombasa, I left for Lamu up the coast a few hours, or so I thought! Its actually an 8 hour journey through probably the most potholed road of Kenya. It all starts well and then 4 hours in you hit the bumpy coastal road. If you can call it that as there is limited tarmac to be found. I then spent the next 4 hours wishing that I had worn my sports bra as we flew down the track! Lamu is well worth ...

A tale of the matatu vs the dala dala After 6 months of loving Tanzania; the land of sea, sun, safari and amazing scenes, I've arrived in Kenya; the land of sea, sun, safari and amazing scenes! 'same same but different' to coign a local phrase. The Tanzanians love to tell you that Kenya is dangerous and the people are rude. Within the hour of arriving I was somewhat in agreement having had my phone pickpocted on the bus. 'robbing Kenyans' was definitely my first...