Day 58 - South Africa - Cape Town, Wine Tasting, Whales, Beaches and Sunshine! Hello from Jeffrey's bay! We've been on the move lots since our last entry and only have one day left in Africa. We flew to Cape Town from Livingstone, possibly one of the smallest airports ever - we had checked in and gone through security in about 2 mins!! We arrived in Cape Town in the evening and went straight to our first hostel which was interesting (just a bit dodgy really!!) ...

Day 40 - Adrenaline time in Livingstone! Hello from Zambia! Since our last update we have travelled through Malawi to Zambia. We had a couple of very long driving days to get here (with some 4.30am starts!) but it is worth the journey. In Malawi we spent a few days camping by the lake, but we did not swim thanks to expert parasite advice (thanks Gem!) The beach was still lovely and we had a good couple of party nights with the group. On our last morning, we ha...

Day 28 - Birthday celebrations in Zanzibar! Hello! Since our last post we have moved on to Tanzania, currently in Stonetown, Zanzibar which is amazing! It's John Robbins' birthday today and we had a great african party in the beach bar last night with our group and some locals. He even ate fire, as encouraged by the dancers, bit of a sore mouth today but surprisingly not a sore head! We started our time in Tanzania with another safari to the serengetti and th...

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...