HI Everyone I have finally made it to the place where my opening photos on the blog are from and I can honestly say that it really does look like this when I look out onto the beach. The sea is clear turqoise water, there are blue clear skies and golden sand beaches with palm trees and some great restaraunts and bars. I am staying in a place called Ngombo Beach and is lovely to be here for four days relaxing in the luxory of a small beach hotel rather ...

Hi Everyone I have spent the past few days doing lots of game viewing in the Masai Mara and Serengeti. It was absolutely fantastic to see all the animals in the wild, although at times felt a little scary being so close to them as we camped in both parks and had elephants and hyenas and warthogs come into the camps. I was amazed to see that the places you camp in do not have any fences or anything to keep the animals out, so going to the toilet dur...

I have finished my eight day trek up Mount Kilimanjaro and have had a much needed couple of days to recover. It truly was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and makes the marathon look like a walk in the park! We started off at about 2250m and spent some time walking across the Shira plateau (looks quite similar to Highlands with lots of heather). On the second day, I stupidly had not listened properly to how much water to take and got rea...