Tessa here: My day started with a walk out from camp. I dutifully followed David's advice and turned right out of camp to reduce risk of run-ins with wild animals. I soon found myself on the outskirts of a small village and the familiar call of small children and the exchanges of waves commenced. I headed to the only landmark, a mosque. Just beyond this the local fishermen were busy untangling their nets and this was shortly followed by the local fish market, h...

A long day driving, awaking to take tents down in the rain for the first time ... departing one camp at 0700 and arriving at Hippo Hill Camp 12 hours later. We did stop for half an hour as we crossed the equator and watched the water on both sides and on it ... and it does spiral in different directions and then go straight down. We also had a small mechanical break during lunch whilst David fixed a few things on the truck - it took an hour & litres of water....