The photo represents the sad truth about day 1 of our big adventure. We are actually at Heathrow. Yes, a slight change to our itinerary, but who would not take the jet set amusement park of T3 one day and then T4 the next day instead of Kenya given a choice? Although, let's be honest, we weren't given a choice. When the boarding gate monitor shows cancelled, you know it's pretty much decided for you. Seems Virgin not so keen on flying to Kenya with all the troubl...

Well, with just over a week to go before we set off on our big adventure (9 days actually), it seems like a good time to say hi and welcome you all to our travel blog. There isn't really much to tell you yet, unless you want to hear how the packing is going, or how many things we have left to buy....but you never know, there may be a last minute drama - will my contact lenses be delivered in time.... We fly out on Sunday landing in Nairobi on Monday where we hav...