Whilst we may have missed the Isle of Wight Festival (V's still gutted about missing the Red Hot Chilli Peppers..) we did go to a gig with Stefan & Naski in Jo'Burg. It was in aid of a charity - Artists against Violence and featured all the top names from South African music. It was organised by Johnny Clegg in aid of one of his backing singers who was recently killed during a hijack in Jo'Burg. Although we had not previously heard of any of the artists, we...

We had a fantastic time in Madagascar - awesome scenery, amazing wildlife, happy and friendly locals (and a few creepy crawlies!) But we were both happy to get back to a bit of luxury with Stefan & Naski. We had 1 day at home before we set off on a road trip that Stefan had arranged to show us a bit more of South Africa. We set of at 2am on Saturday (to avoid the traffic through the city) and made good progress until we had a tyre blow out at 7am - the main h...