Day 2 of De' bar-zanzibar… I think his name is Ruckus, the driver I mean. He's nice! And always on time (so far) no Africa time on this island! Didn't sleep very well this morning, the water seems to bash against the wall downstairs where the restaurant and beds are and at one point I am sure it rocked the hotel. We are only living in essentially a huge tree house. The drive to Stone town was around 1 hour and a little bit, still not too sure about the...

What a great time to fly! Thursday, mid night flight, early September when the kids are in school. Empty airport! And we only had carry on bags so no need to dumb our bags and go through that palarva. No one at security either! Straight through to duty free, champagne bought for the Monday antics. (Not ready to say the number but it's my birthday) not sure if you knew? We went to the pub of course and had my first beer in 3 and half weeks, wasn't sure how i...

Check in was a bloody s*** show. There were only two flights in our queue (Chicago and NYC) were not moving and people we starting to panic by 10am that they had not checked in and the Chicago flight was around 11:30am. Doesn't help that every damn person or family has about 12 bags and 3 trolleys worth of piled suitcases. I honestly have no idea what or why they bring so much stuff! They have no idea what's going on or what to do they're so unorganised also whic...

Had a much better sleep last night than the previous two, maybe because I didn’t feel like I was going to fall out every time I tossed. Or the fact I was in a tent, not sure why that would be different mind, maybe the childhood memories haha. It was fairly light in the tent in the morning so I tried to creep around quietly and go sit outside on the decking but our door had other ideas, I think it’s intention was to wake the entire camp, it was so loud. But w...

Super early risers, it’s a good job we have moved away from 8 and 16 bed dorms now, we would the hated ones in the rooms. We wake early, it takes me a considerable amount of time more than Ellie to wake up and get ready, that’s why she puts her alarm on earlier than necessary. These beds are short and narrow, not great for me as I toss and turn a lot in the night so every time that happens Beth wakes up to not fall off them. They were cool pallet beds though...