I have now been away over a month and it has gone so quickly it is scary, still no tan tho which is disappointing!! Since my last blog i have been in Zambia. First stop was the capital Lusaka which for a large city seemed pretty small and quiet with only a few main roads. It was australia day while we were there so all the aussies on me trip were pretty happy and giving us brits a bit of a ribbing but think we gave as good as we got. We then headed south to lak...

After leaving Zanzibar we had a night in Dar es salem before driving down to Lake Malawi The lake is so huge must be as big as England. Camped for 2 nights in Chitimba beach before 3 nights at Kande beach. At the first place went for a 20km hike up the mountain to Livingstonia and back, passing some amazing waterfalls and generally having great views over lake malawi. The second beach place was more of a piss up with a bit of relaxing thrown in. The first night...

On leaving Arusha we had two days in the truck to get to Dar es Salem, the biggest city in Tanzania. Driving through the city was an experience with so many different sights and smells that made you know you were definetely in Africa. The city has a large natural harbour which we had to get a ferry across to reach our campsite right on the beach. The water was like swimming in a bath. The next morning we got the ferry across to Zanzibar, spending a day in the c...

I've been in Africa for 5 days now and early impressions are that i love it!! On arrival i was met by happy faces who seemed genuinly pleased to welcome me to Kenya. The taxi ride to the hotel was crazy, seeing to giraffes grazing almost immediately i got of the plane. In central Narobi the taxi had to swerve sharply to avoid running over a cow which seemed to be heading to the shops!! The next day i met up with my tour group, which seem a decent group of peopl...