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...