3 hour bus journey to the Masai Mara today. On our way we stopped to pick up food for the next 5 days. Absolutely loved going through the market- so many colours and smells. Managed to haggle to get the food within our budget- it's amazing how much prices seem to go up when they see musungu! Driving into the Masai Mara was a massive experience in itself, driving off-road to the village was terrifying, my knuckles were white! Arrived to the campsite to be gr...

18k walk through Hell's Gate national park yesterday and climbed Mount Logonot today. Through Hell's Gate we saw Giraffe, so many Zebras, warthogs (pumba), baboons and water buffalo all so so close. We had to climb down and through a gorge which was really beautiful. In the gorge we visited a hot spring and walked along the riverbed. Once out of the gorge, the views were amazing- I can't believe how lush and green Kenya is- not what I expected at all! Day 4 w...

Amazing nights sleep in the tent- I think I might be able to survive a month sleeping on the ground. Today on our way to our aclimatisation trek we saw giraffes along the road side! (I think I terrified the driver into an emergency stop by shouting out "Giraffe!") The trek was harder than expected and it was very hot but after lunch we walked to a local village which was where our guide Robert lived with his family. It was our first experience of a Kenyan villag...

Woke up at 7am to a cold shower- must have been a sign of things to come! Travelled down to London Heathrow ready for the flight from London to Doha then Doha on to Nairobi. Exited the plane at Doha at around 11.30pm to what felt like a wall of fire, I hope this isnt what its going to be like in Africa- I wont cope!! Our second leg to Nairobi I tried to get a litte sleep as we would be landing in Kenya at around 7am so would need to last a whole day... Lande...