It was so nice having a bit of a lie in yesterday! Majority of us booked a snorkelling trip which set off at 9:00am. We sailed for a hour then jumped into the sea - the water was so clear and there was some cool fish. We snorkelled for about 2 hours then got back on the boat which took us to a deserted beach for some lunch - they cooked us fresh tuna with rice which was yummy! We then sailed back to our beach but a bit further out at sea so more choppy which lef...

We started our 40 day overland Africa adventure on Monday when we met our travel buddies. We have John our Gadventures CEO, he will be our tour guide and cook up until Vic falls along with our driver Patrick. There is 14 of us in our team, majority ending their trip at Vic falls and about 5 of us going all the way to Cape Town, however we are not the only ones away from home for months a couple of people doing similar trips. So here we are...Mary from Canada, Gre...

Day 1 - Marangu Gate to Mandara Hut Our day started early, we met for breakfast at 7:30 and found it hard to stomache anything as feeling nervous! We met our other two team mates Karl and Marcus also from Sweden. We met at 9 with all our bags which were quickly loaded by our 19 staff members! On the way to the National park gates we stopped at a shop for last supplies (some people had to buy water bottles because the national park do not allow tourists to carry...

We both slept so well last night, comforted by watching james bond sky fall before bed and I slept with my sleeping bag so I felt closer to home. Laura woke up with 4 bites on her left foot, the big toe swollen - not happy. We had our complimentary breakfast buffet which was okay, not the best but free! After breakfast we tidied our room then sat by the bar in the sun, we could hear singing and chanting and think it was coming from a local church. Ben invite...

Hi all, We have arrived safely but we are both very tired! Our flight to Doha went very well, we were on a big plane however there was lots of empty seats which made it very comfortable and quiet, we had 3 seats between the 2 of us so Laura got some good kip! Ben on the other hand watched numerous movies! We landed in Doha at 6:20am and had to transfer to another plane which took off at 7:35am, we were worried that we wouldn't have time but it was very straig...