This trip is definitely teaching me that it really is the small things in life that you should really be thankful for and appreciate. Take yesterday and today for example, last night's high point was most certainly the hot shower that I enjoyed. The most amazing part had to be the abundant water and the fact that the water did not once lose any heat. To be honest the water was actually too hot at some points and I was not able to add enough cold water to cool ...

Full day of driving yesterday. We crossed the equator again and stopped for a quick group shot with the truck this time. Our driver and tour leader seem to want to get where we are going when we are moving so it was lunch on the moving truck today. Why stopping for 20 minutes to just stand on solid ground would be such a major drama is beyond me - but then they are the boss! I rode up in the cab for a bit today which was fun. It is still rather bumpy in the ...

Stopped at the Equator tonight on our way to Rwanda. We are camping in the grounds of a café and the amount of mosquito's is amazing considering we have just come from the Nile and a lake which are known malaria hot spots and only got one or two bites and are now in a field with them literally swarming around us. Quite a few soveniour shops here so we caught up on our shopping. Laura decided that a massive pair of cow horns for her future fireplace was in ...

We are currently staying in a campsite for 3 nights - pure luxury to not be moving and it is quite the campsite. We are on a hill over a lake which we can walk down some steps to and swim and do water activities. Whilst we have been here I have been wakeboarding on one afternoon and then white water rafting for a full day. Wakeboarding was fun however we were using a wake skate with no foot bindings just one foot hook which was huge and a paddle board behind...