We boarded our ferry after a comical sequence of pushing, shoving and queue jumping before finding our first class seats. First class in Africa is a bit of a misnomer but it is better than economy! For the whole trip from Zanzibar to Dar es Salaam we were surrounded by mosquito's and still being a bit paranoid, due to the disruption of taking our malaria drugs, we spent the time catching and killing them, much to the amusement of the locals. Once we had the m...

Somehow or other we found ourselves driving a car in Zanzibar - what a crazy thing to do! We had an early 5.00am start (no alarm clock - its in our missing luggage - but the Muslim call to prayer does the trick) and the previous night our lovely receptionist at the Flamingo had organized a taxi to get us to the Tanzanian Air office, for our shuttle to the Kilimanjaro airport. On the way to the airport there was heavy cloud cover, so no sighting of the famous mou...

Day two saw us with a long day of travel to get to the Serengeti. Along the way we had lots of sightings of animals, including a cheetah going for the kill but missing out and a pride of lions that included some gorgeous cubs. Our next two nights were spent at the Seronera Wildlife Lodge. this is quite isolated and built into the granite boulders which form part of the bar and reception.The days were spent game viewing, at all different hours of the day, in the ...

We awoke in the night to kill a mozzie that had managed to get under our net and vowed that we had to resolve our malaria medication and insect repellent problem before we headed off on safari. And solve it we did. Our pick up at 8.00am ,after a wonderful breakfast at the Flamingo Hotel, took us to the office of Sunny Safaris to pay the balance of our money owed for the safari and our first question was where can find a western style pharmacy? No problem our driv...

Ahhh - local buses! Africa does interesting versions. Cram as many people in as possible and drive like a maniac. We had a six hour journey (it was supposed to be four) from Nairobi airport to Arusha in Tanzania. We weren't able to sit together with Heather scoring a fully veiled young Muslim Mum, with a fractious and fidgety child to share with and Avan next to a chap who worked for the United Nations. We were the only Europeans. The scenery was pleasant ...