I am going to AFRICA ! I am so excited ! it means that I will finally get to see what I have spent my life reading about ! I am going wit Tucan Travel, I am starting in Cape Town, working my way up the Garden Route, going to Kruger, Addo Elephant park, Johanesburg, Pretoria then heading off into Botswana, making my way through and ending at Vic Falls... More deets to follow .. x

David Attenborough's new show Africa on BBC 1 is incredible... nature is so cruel yet beautiful at the same time. Favourite moment is learning HOW motherly elephants are ! Did not know that there were sooo many volcanos ! x

I have finished my essay on Rwanda/Burundi ! I decided to explore what caused the Genocide... I looked at state /Identity/Territory... The events that happened were horrendous and have been, by may people related to tribal warfare. However, I dont agree I do not think it was to do with tribal warfare or group hatred. I think that it is largely to do with the intervention by the west who used preferential treatment of tutsis over hutus, lack of land due to number ...

I have been fascinated by Africa for many years, ever since I was at Primary and making christmas shoe boxes for kids in Kenya. I wanted to know why these children needed my help, why were they not enjoying the toys I recieved at christmas ? did they even know it was christmas ? This curiosity to find out more about Africa and the different countries stayed with me throughout my life, always trying to find out ever more snippets about life there. Films like "Out ...