So we've come to the end of my east african nomad adventures.... Tomorrow I'll be on the way to Nairobi. I'm spending one day there, before leaving for my 5 day safari on the Maasai Mara organised by AV. And that wont be very adventurous to be honest.... I'm writing to you from Kampala, Uganda. I spent the weekend white-water rafting on the Nile....AMAZING! I don't think I've ever been so terrified/excited in my whole life. Where we went has some of the best ra...

Bonjour! I greet you from the land of gorillas and a thousand hills, Rwanda! I was slightly sceptical i'd even make it this far, given that i'm still feeling a bit weak and shaky from whatever illness I had a week ago. Still hasn't quite been cause for a clinic visit though which is good since it would probably be horribly expensive, but a combination of various hydration solutions, anti-biotics and the occasional paracetamol is keeping me going. I'm even manag...

And so free travel has begun....and what a week it's been so far! Zanzibar was HEAVEN. I spent the first few days in Nungwi, a hippyish section of coast pretty much ignored by the crowds this time of year. It's fairly predictable how that was, the usual white beaches, palm trees, laid back days and a large population of rastas that seem to be part of the island paradise experience no matter where in the world you are. After the sunbathing got boring, I did a few...

Right, the usual apologies for infrequent blogging, but it's been a hectic couple of weeks.... Tomorrow I'll go to J K Nyerere Primary for the last time, say goodbye to my students, appear in heaps of pictures but not take any (my camera was stolen along with my phone AGAIN), hand out lollipops and stickers to the children, write out my email address for each and every one of the teachers, recieve thiers in return and leave. Which will be horrendous. Then I'll g...

Jambo Jambo! Here we have it, my first blog as a 19 year old. Not bad eh? My birthday yesterday was Amazing, I love my housemates so much for making it work! We woke up in our favourite hotel in town (where we normally spend saturday nights) so I could start my day off with a nice hot shower as opposed to our horrific, ice-water bucket showers that I have simply never got used to. My housemates gave me presents and cards they'd made in the room when I fell asle...