Day 29, 2 August 2012, The Egyptian Museum, Midan Tahrir, Cairo - We set off reasonably early to walk to the Museum and arrived respectably 22 minutes after opening time at 9. Would have been earlier but a very friendly fellow just had to show us his perfume shop... We know, we know, we know not to go - but just over here he said. No No we said, and yet 2 corners and a 100 metres later, guess where we found ourselves. Pesky built in western politeness. We did...

Day 28, 1 August 2012, Nairobi (Kenya) to Cairo (Egypt), 4 hours 50 minutes via Egypt Air - Actual seat room in Economy. Don't tell anybody. Cairo is wonderful. Landing at an airport completely surrounded by sand is unusual and very (very) bright. We arrived into the middle of an Egyptian summer - 29 degrees at 8.30 am and intense humidity. So not unduly disagreeable - it is however baffling to the Egyptians we have met who have never experienced humidity li...

Day 27, 31 July 2012, Tanzania to Nairobi, Kenya - Our 7th wedding anniversary sees us farewelling Tanzania and en route to Nairobi for our last night in East Africa. We are tired but happy and looking forward to our next adventure. Whilst we've been in Africa barely four weeks it seems like almost four lifetimes. We have made a few wonderful friends along the way and met a couple of people who should have "Wanted - Dead only" posters hung in every group tour ...

Day 26, 30 July 2012, Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive, returning to Meserani in the evening for last night of truck adventure - Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge - c'est parfait! Leaving behind a substantial hole in the breakfast buffet we departed at 7 am for the Crater floor. Now many people told us how hot Africa would be. And many people have been wrong. We were at 2400m at the lodge and dropped to 1800m in the floor of the crater. We were wearing every warm item w...

Day 25, 29 July 2012, Lobo Wildlife Area to Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge (at the crater rim) - Today was a big day - they just don't seem to make small ones in Africa. We had a game drive in the Lobo area before returning to the Visitor's centre in Seronera for lunch (the lodges pack a lunch box for each of the great white hunters). Then it was a hell for leather drive to get out of the gate of the Serengeti N.P. by 3.00 pm. Exactly. A minute longer and there wo...