We are home! After a last emotional Ball farewell in Joburg - they are off to Oz on tues - we had a pleasant mango flavoured flight back to cape town where pete picked us up. We got home to find that some fairies had broken in to the flat, turned the geyser on and left chocolate in the kitchen. Naughty, naughty!

Am sipping Amarula with Matt in our little airconditioned room at Jambo Inn, Dar es Salaam. It feels wonderful to be clean and cool! We had a hot and sticky 10 and a half hour bus ride from Arusha today. We're grateful to God for safe travelling throughout our eight weeks of journeying on many different roads and varied means of transport! We fly back to Joburg tomorrow evening and on to Cape Town on Sunday morning - it feels good to be homeward bound!

We've just had a gift of an ending 2a beautiful day in the Serengeti - watched a sleeping leopard in his tree just 6 metres or so from our car - the sunset backdrop was orangey gold. We're gobsmacked! Feel incredibly blessed to have witnessed such a special sight.

We have just completed the second day of our "Africa of your dreams" safari. No long walks with tribespeople so far - they won't let us out of the 4x4! But we have seen so much - we even witnessed a cheetah's kill being stolen by a hyena! And amazing African vistas!

Matt and i said goodbye to our 4 travelling companions this morning. We're now making our own way up to Arusha for a 4 day safari in the Serengeti & Ngorogoro crater. We're both really looking forward to it. One week of African adventuring left!

We've had a wonderful day in our very own mansion by the sea:) It began wv a sunrise run & ended with roast duck!Wow!

We've had a wonderful day in our very own mansion by the sea:) It began wv a sunrise run & ended with roast duck!Wow!

We've had a wonderful day in our very own mansion by the sea:) It began wv a sunrise run & ended with roast duck!Wow!

We're staying in our own house in Jambiani, with a kitchen, en-suite showers, and a balcony overlooking a sandy, palm-lined garden that merges with the beach - at hightide the waves break against our fence! We can't believe our luck! Or is it a gift?

I feel as though i have found myself within the pages of a magazine-i am sitting on a white beach looking across a t

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Stone Town

After an interesting, but generally God-arranged train trip (it was delayed just the right amount of time for us to arrive at 6 in the morning, the day after we were due - which meant that we didn't need to pay for a night's accommodation in Dar es Salaam), we took a ferry to Stone Town, Zanzibar. It is probably the most intriguing place we've been so far, with the wierdest history: it has been run by the Swahili, Omani, Portuguese and English, and has architecture to match.

We've eaten delicious seafood and Zanzibar "pizza" (nothing like a pizza, but tasty), got lost in the maize of streets, and visited museums and other interesting places. We've hired a little 4x4 for the next few days, so we are going to squeeze in and explore the island!

Six tired travellers are done for the day-spending the night in Karonga,heading across the Tanzanian border tomorrow.

We're sitting at the breakfast table at Lukwe camp, at the top of the Livingstonia escarpment: amazing views and delicious home-grown food. We went up to the town yesterday and read about the missionaries that founded the place and built the hospital. Great men!

Mzuzu

Nicky and I have found our way to an internet cafe in Mzuzu, so I have finally been able to upload a whole lot more photos, and a whole lot of back-dated blog entries - so have a quick look through the blog to see if there are new things ...

If you just want to look at the photos, here they are: Click here.

We are staying at interesting little guest lodge that is run by the local Presbyterian church and then we'll head for Chitemba - a town on the coast that gives easy access to Livingstonia. The others are meeting us there.

Malawi Photos 1

Malawi 1

We made another valiant attempt at an overnight kayaking adventure, but were put off by the wind again - but had a beautiful day on the lake. We're braaiing fish and then will be ready for bed! Nicky and I are heading inland to Mzuzu tomorrow. The rest the next day.