Arrived in Rome this morning.

We've just returned to Nairobi where I have free internet access. Iwill be here for about day and a half. Kenya is about 8 hours behindSA time. Then we take off for Rome and the European part of the holiday of approx 4 weeks duration.We haven't had any problems with theft and stuff ups have only beenminor. The safaris were really interesting. We cruised around spottinganimals and then would watch how they interact within their speciesand then across species. The ...

Completed the hike to Mt Kilimanjaro which proved to be a challenge on many levels, ie coping with very thin air while walking across dusty, rocky terrain, loss of apetite and then summit day. We woke up at 11pm and starting walking at 20 minutes past middnight. Walked for 8 hours relentlessly uphill, the last 2.50 hours of which was through loose glacial scree. The view at the summit was superb but wow what an effort. The toughest hike of my life. Total walking ...

Hello Kym, Have a look at this site. I thought I would use it to correspond from Africa, departing Adel on 15/8 at 5.15pm arriving Naoribi on 16/8, no double completely exhausted having travelled all night. Love, Mum