Entry into Malawi was a humerous affair....with Mark finding a fellow Man U fan amongst the border officials... you'd think he'd let us off the fact we had completed our border cards in red pen - the colour of his team - but no - we had to rewrite them! We love Malawi. Not sure what it is about the country but it appeals to us much more than the other countries we have visited so far. Despte it being the 8th poorest country in the world - the people are lovely h...

After leaving Dar Es Salaam we had two long driving days with very early starts which meant getting up at around 5.30am - aaarrgghh! The highlights of these two days were: 1) The stunning Baobab Bush Campsite - set in the middle of absolute nowhere and littered with massive Baobab trees right on the bank of a hippo infested river with monkeys throwing seeds and nuts at our heads. We felt like we were on the set of an old Tarzan movie! 2) Kim getting soaked by ...

The jouney to Zanzibar from Dar es Salaam consisted of 2 ferries - one mad ferry crammed to the rafters with cars, bikes and people (no chickens or goats though which we were sad about!) The other was a very modern air conditioned ferry - which we were also sad about - as we had envisualised standing on the deck of an old style wooden dhow....! We spent the first day in Zanzibar in Stone Town - a UNESCO world heritage site. The town is heavily influenced by Arab...

From the Ngorongoro Crater we started our long drive to Dar-Es-Salaam on the coast of Tanzania. Breaking our trip halfway at Tembo Camp at the foot of the Usambara Mountains amidst lush tropical scenery was a welcome relief although slightly marred by Kims first accident of the trip - falling out of the expedition truck... Catalogue of injuries: - large bruise to knee -large bruise to inner thigh - large bruise to buttock - large bruise to lower back - nast...

After Leaving Snake Park intact (minus snake bites) we headed out in landrovers towards Ngoronoro Crater, camping overnight in a campsite at the bottom of the crater. We had an interesting display of African dance and acrobatics - the highlight of which had to be the guy who leaped around screeching while balancing a coke bottle on a stick in his mouth! It was a great display - even Mark got up and strutted his stuff African style....(although one of our fellow t...