Day 19 - Safari time!! A brief blog entry this time! We are now 3 days in to our overland tour which is taking us from Nairobi to Livingstone. We are in a large group of 28 at the moment, a real mix of ages and people, mainly aussies, kiwis and brits but also a few europeans. Everyone seems very friendly and good fun and we are really enjoying it so far! We have just returned from the Masai Mara where we got our first safari experience. It was a really long dri...

Day 11 - Jambo! Since our last blog entry we have been busy out and about in Nairobi, getting our first taste of African life.Nigel (Louise's uncle) has been an excellent tour guide, and we were both very thankful we had someone local to drive us round the city, as the traffic is crazy, even compared to Malaysian standards! The city itself is developing rapidly with so many building projects, particularly new roads. However the Kenyans do not favour warning si...

We've arrived!! Now on day 3 of our trip, which has got off to a fantastic start. We were met at the airport by Louise's uncle (Nigel) who we are staying with in Nairobi. We arrived late in the evening, and woke up to a spectacular view across the hills in the morning. We then headed off to the rift valley for Natasha's (Louise's cousin) birthday, and stayed at a beautiful house near lake Naivasha where we were lucky enough to see giraffes, zebra, flamingos, ...