CLARE:Well - clichés are not enough to describe the mountains! We weren't lucky for the first couple of days out of Pokhara - the sky remained resolutely cloudy. But on Day 2 as we got up for breakfast from our simple wooden beds in the tea house, we caught a glimpse of one of the faces of Annapurna South - fearsome, awesome, mysterious. You have to tilt your head back half as much again as you thought to see the peaks. It is as if they are not of this earthly w...

From Clare: Written in haste before a power cut ... and without contributions from all ... but just so you know what we're doing. We'll write more about this leg soon! I don’t know if it was a touch of ‘travel weariness’ or a bout of Delhi belly (probably acquired in Kenya but got worse as soon as I saw the Delhi sign at the airport) ... but I’ve felt a bit disengaged from Asia so far. In Nepal we are staying with old friends who are here with the Briti...

CLARE:I had high expectations of our time at Kembu and I have to say that it has met every one. The key aspect has been to be settled in one place and for it to become familiar. And what a place! We've had a cottage on a 900 acre dairy and racehorse breeding farm owned by an old Kenya family the Nightingales, who have given us a really warm welcome. The best moment of each day has been rising early and sitting on the veranda with a cup of tea, a duvet over me to ...

We're leaving this one to the boys as they worked really hard on their presentation - which we can't show as a slide show (see in the photo albums - the boys captions are by the pictures!) - but hopefully you get the feel. The fascinating 'grown up' side was talking to the head teacher - a committed man, proud of his school but battling against financial hardship and high demand. He filled us in on the education system - inspections, raising standards, the lack o...

Thanks for all the messages - it's great to read them! CLARE: Written Sunday 1st March at Watamu on the coast. I can't quite believe that we could have done all we have in a 2 week holiday! How is that 2 weeks ago we were doing a final pack, taking photos at the Uplands door and heading for Heathrow. It seems a world away. Lance had even forgotten the name of Red Peppers! Our pause at the coast has been good for recouping. The end of what would normally be a ...