Well we,ve had a two day drive out of Tanzania across the border into 'The warm heart of Africa' - Malawi. We stopped off at a farm house in the middle of nowhere which was owned by some English woman and it had a well nice bar where we could drink hot chocolate and toasted marshmellows over the campfire. It was so nice when all you're used to is s***ty warm water all day. Funny thing happened though (and you probably had to be there really, but I'...

Zanzibar was just pure paradise! we all wanted to stay longer. The flight over from Dar Es Salaam took 9 minutes!! but even that was too long for me I was holding on to the seat in front again in the brace position every time the pilot messed about with his landing gear. Well the first night we stayed in the south of the island in Stone Town and I took part in a spice tour which took in all the local hotspots and we saw how the different spices were grown and we ...

Well we have finished all our game driving in Kenya and Tanzania now, we visited the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater which was absolutely gorgeous! Just driving over the hills in to the crater was like driving through a tropical rainforest it was so lush and green, well nice. We,ve seen Africas top five now although the Rhino was asleep in the distance and the leopard was sleeping at the base of a distant tree although when we stopped to look at the Leopard w...

We've been on safari for the last three days in the Masai Mara at certain points we didn't think we were gonna make it as the roads in leading in and out of the Masai area are ridiculous, we were even driving at the side of the road as it was less bumpy. Anyway, we've seen Lions, Impalas, Elephants, Cheetahs, Wildebeast, Zebra, Buffalo, Hippo, Crocodile, Giraffe, Thompsons Gazelle, Vulchers, Hyenas and loads of other animals that I either can't re...

Well here we are in Nairobi with our new mates! When we arrived it was raining and that lasted all night but today (our first proper day in Nairobi) is quite sunny. The food is great - chips and toasties, we always said we'd eat as the locals do! We have our tour meeting later today where we will meet the rest of the group and find out what we will be doing for the next six weeks, so I'll let you know. The hotel staff are really friendly although there wa...