October 4th – Day Ten Inside a house near our hotel in Stone Town Our last day on Zanzibar and we had a Stone Town walking tour before our journey back to Dar es Salaam. Our guide was again Ali, he of the strange pronunciation and weird humour (imitating Ali G he was ‘Ali T […]
Spice Tour and a night in Stone Town
October 3rd – Day Nine This morning was our failed attempt to get a nice breakfast due to a lack of cake. Once we had all eaten what we could it was back into the minivan and off towards Stone Town. Along the way we picked up Ali, our guide for a Spice Tour. The […]
A Day at Sea
October 2nd – Day Eight The previous day most of us had agreed to go snorkelling and had all signed up and paid with the ‘Spanish Dancer’ diving company. Keryn was also coming out to go diving. We had our breakfast and all made our way to the beach to be fitted for flippers and […]
Relaxing in Ngungwe
October 1st – Day Seven Today was pretty much a rest day for us. I wrote up a few days of our trip so far and we did a lot of relaxing. In the morning we did go for a walk down the beach in the opposite direction to the turtle sanctuary. We passed through […]
Arriving in Zanzibar
September 30th – Day Six Please note that on truck cleaning duty last night (the 29th) I managed to dunk my mobile phone in a bucket of water, and so far it hasn’t come back to life. As such any mobile communication is best directed to Keryn’s phone. Sunrise at the Silver Sands camp site […]
Driving to Dar es Salaam
September 29th – Day Five We awoke to find our washing still very wet. Breakfast was had in a light drizzle and we had to rig up a line in the truck, Jacques coming up trumps with his knots. It was a long driving day as we made our way to Dar es Salaam. Events […]
Maasai Village
September 28th – Day Four The morning was spent driving back to the Snake Park. Once there we got organised and then visited the Maasai Museum on site. An interesting tour took us though many aspects of Maasai life and culture, explaining the processes and garb that accompany the different stages of a Maasai life […]
Safari time
September 27th – Day Three We all woke up bright and early to have breakfast before our drivers were scheduled to arrive at 7.15. Once they arrived we split into three groups and then got into the relevant vehicle for our drive to the Ngorongoro crater. Keryn and I were with Helen, Lyn and Jacques […]
Arusha to Karatu
26th September – Day Two Today we find ourselves in Arusha. We arose around 7am after a noisy night, the neighbouring campsite packing up before 6am and the constant noise of trucks passing and dogs fighting keeping us up. Breakfast was served and again was very tasty. I had a shower in the only warmish […]
Onward from Nairobi
25th September – Day One Up early to finish packing and have breakfast before the truck arrived. I rang the lost property counter at the airport and was in luck, the tripod had arrived on the morning flight! Once Jacques and co had arrived I had a quick word and it was decided we would […]
A Day in Nairobi
24th September We awoke to the sounds of what must have been dawn chorus, though to me the louder birds sounded more like babies wailing, loudly. Very slowly we came awake and got moving and after showers and getting dressed it was downstairs for breakfast. The buffet was nice, plenty of food both warm and […]
Nairobi
23rd September So we made it to Nairobi only missing one piece. The journey from Highams Park to Heathrow was completed with a minimum of fuss. We got the Heathrow Express from Paddington as the Piccadilly Line currently doesn’t go to Heathrow Terminal 4. I think in the future we might always take the Heathrow […]