Again, in true testament to the fact that you never know what will happen to you when you get up in the morning, life took a rather random turn. I was supposed to go out on a real safari, but instead I got fired. Something about me taking a job in South America? I almost laughed, I couldn't get a job in South America if I tried. There was also something about me bad mouthing the company to clients, and as they refused to show me the emails they got, I was f...

The past two weeks have all blurred into one boring, horrible day, that's done nothing but remind me of working in a normal job. If there is such a belief that one has to do ones time to really live one's life, well this is me doing mine. (Not that I didn't already do years of this back in Australia) As it has seemed like one long day, I shall treat it as one. I get up at 8am every morning and my alarm goes off, I am in a small room with dirty walls and eve...

Thirty first birthday on the road, and how am I spending it? Picking up seven people from Nairobi and taking the back to Arusha to get on a truck and then going back to the workshop, to spend the night with my boss. If you think that sounds like a crappy birthday, believe me when I say, you have no idea. I left the camp at 6:30am and got a hotel organized taxi to the Heron hotel to meet my small group. Even though the price was agreed upon with the camp, th...

New Years Eve, mostly spent hanging around the workshop. Dave went out to help organize a BBQ at Masai camp and invited Graham and I to go out there, well at least I thought I was invited. Of course as soon as I got there I was put to work, even though there were already five other crew there, who laughed at me when I asked if they needed any help. We have too many people already, one of them said. There was on other girl there on her own, an American girl...

Christmas Day in Arusha…..it may as well have been just another day apart from some tacky decorations that had been put up by one of the local staff. I sat around for the morning mindlessly watching the cricket on TV, until it was time to go and meet the passengers at Snake Park. I had convinced Dave to do Christmas dinner there to avoid a repeat of the noise at Masai camp. The owners also cook Christmas dinner free of charge, so nothing really for me to d...