This is Africa Today I had to say good-bye to the lovely white beaches of Zanzibar and we started our drive to Malawi which will take at least 2 days. Rose at 5am this morning, but considering I had been on the toilet for most of the night it was more just getting out of bed to go out the door instead of into the bathroom. Needless to say it was a long night for both Laura and me as the poor thing got woken every time I had to get out of bed as my bed was ra...

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a lovely day wherever you are in the world and all your Christmas dreams came true! Finally back having a hot Christmas and I am sorry to report Southern Hemisphere chaps but cold Christmas' are for me… it is just uncomfortable all this sweating and tanning - or in my case burning! Started our day with breakfast of toast, jam and eggs to your liking, which for me was none, but hey ho they can't please everyone. ...

The plan today is to get to Nungwi which is a beach town nearly at the most Northern tip of Zanzibar island. Michael, Julie, Jess and I decided to do a spice tour on our way. We got collected at 8am and went around Stonetown to see and learn about the history of Stonetown itself. Zanibar was the main slave market for East Africa selling to the Middle East in the 1800s. We went to the Anglican Church that has been built over the site of the Slave Market in St...

Broke camp again this morning and said goodbye to Dirty Girty (our truck) for 4 days of rest and relaxation on Zanzibar. We got the fast ferry across from Dar es Salaam to Stonetown. The ferry was airconditioned and played the movie, the Italian Job. The trip was just under 3 hours and thankfully it was calm as we have 2 people who do not have their sea legs. Apart from having to lug 4 large boxes of alcohol, juice and soda which were a little heavy and cumbe...

2 long drive days and we are at the Ocean - whoop whoop! We finally arrived in Dar es Saalam, jumped out of the truck, threw up our tents and hit the water. Now you would think ahhh, that sounds nice a swim in the ocean, especially after tent erection which sounds like sweaty work. It was at least 30` and the air thick with humidity. Hit the water and stopped still…the water was like a tepid bath!! No shock of cold or hesitation over whether we really wa...