Just a quick one to tell you all about kruger national park! For fifty pounds each we spent fourteen hours in a national park the size of israel. We saw all the big five except leopard (hot day - they were hiding!) had two amazing meals and saw a host of animals, birds and crazy tourists!! Hippos, crocodiles, baboons, monkeys, elephants, giraffes, lions, warthogs, wildabeast, buffalo - you name it, we saw it! incredible! cant upload photos because the interne...

Hello y'all!! Thats us four days in to africa - we've already got 100 stories to tell! Landed at Joburg, and were driven to the hostel - in the city you dont walk anywhere and there are six foot walls surrounding every house!! The streets are full of beggars and men waiting for work - interesting to watch but only out the safety of a vehicle!! The first day we got there we chilled at our groovy hostel and went to this huge mall for a wander round. The mall place...

Hi all, In Helens house for two days just outside London - just a pit stop before the big flight to Johannesburg. Berlin was great fun but we're both looking forward to the real adventure starting! Helen has been a wonderful hostess, we've never been so excited over a washing machine before! You should all be more thankful for washing machines - i am going to build a shrine for them when i get home :-) Phoned all the parents tonight - big soppy bunch that the...

Hello from Berlin!! We officially left glasgow on the 4th of October and headed south to london - on the classy megabus! Stayed in a dodgy youth hostel in south east london for a few days and went sight seeing. Buckingham palace, westminster etc were all blessed with our presence. Apart from rain the first day the weather was good and we had a cracking time. On the night of the 6th we headed to Stanstead airport and had a night sleeping on the floor! Then flew...

The countdown has begun t minus two weeks until our adventure begins. The next fortnight is going to be crazy, packing, shopping (good times!), organising things, phoning people, visiting people, having leaving parties. Oh the stress of it all! tee hee!! The flat we have been living in is now empty of our belongings, mo's mum is moving in so the last few days have been carting her stuff into the place! All of kezz and mo's things are now stacked in parents lof...