Just an overnight stop in Johannesburg but I managed to cram quite a lot in thanks to my lovely friend Cristi that I used to work with, her husband Hamish and their adorable son Cuan. They picked me up early and we headed out to a safari park where we drove around checking out the zebra, spring bock and all sorts of other bock, giraffes and lions. Driving through the lion enclosures was a little hariy as a load of young males decided to play with the car and c...

Very behind with my blog writing - oops as already in NZ so going to try and upload 3 blogs today! Then you should be all up to date with my news...... So blog number 3 - final leg in Madagascar... The last leg of the Madagascar trip left Fort Dauphin in the South and our work with Azafady behind on Sunday 18th March. The first journey involved a 4 x 4 trip to a village in the spiny forest (an area of the south where the climate is very very dry and lots of ca...

Hi everyone, thanks so much for all the messages, great to hear from you all. Ok so here goes blog number 2! I'm a bit behind as am already in Tana the capital of Madagascar.... will be in NZ by Sunday and will try to type another blog quite quickly so am all up to date. Ok, so after leaving Emangevy where we were tree planting, we spent a few days treating ourselves to the luxuries of food, the internet and the odd flushing toilet! Before heading out to the ...

Ok here goes Blog entry number one - at last! Hard to know where to start .... but they say at the beginning is usually best. As some of you know, i finally left the UK 8/1 after 2 cancelled flights due to the snow. Arrived in Fort Dauphin a little jaded after all the flying but ecstatic to finally be in Madagascar. The nothingness, beauty and contrasts of the landscapes flying in really struck me, so fantastically different from home. Met by a huge beamin...