I went into town this morning with Aunty Wendy, mainly because I only had my canvas sneakers I bought in Namibia for shoes and only one pair of long pants. While we were in the High Street we ran into Aunty Sally and Uncle Ted who I hadn't seen for years. Aunty Wendy then left me in Peacocks to try on clothes and I spotted Aunty Chris and Gary. I went up behind Aunty Chris and said, Boo! She looked at me for a minute like she couldn't believe who she was ...

At last it was time to board my flight, at 3:30am. It's a great thing to start a mammoth journey like this….tired out of your head. I went and sat n the departure lounge and they boarded the flight at around 4:30am, the time it was supposed to take off, final TIA moment to see me off. I got on the plane and I don't even remember it taking off because as it lifted into the air, I totally relaxed and fell asleep, I was that glad to be leaving the bed situati...

Again, in true testament to the fact that you never know what will happen to you when you get up in the morning, life took a rather random turn. I was supposed to go out on a real safari, but instead I got fired. Something about me taking a job in South America? I almost laughed, I couldn't get a job in South America if I tried. There was also something about me bad mouthing the company to clients, and as they refused to show me the emails they got, I was f...

The past two weeks have all blurred into one boring, horrible day, that's done nothing but remind me of working in a normal job. If there is such a belief that one has to do ones time to really live one's life, well this is me doing mine. (Not that I didn't already do years of this back in Australia) As it has seemed like one long day, I shall treat it as one. I get up at 8am every morning and my alarm goes off, I am in a small room with dirty walls and eve...

Thirty first birthday on the road, and how am I spending it? Picking up seven people from Nairobi and taking the back to Arusha to get on a truck and then going back to the workshop, to spend the night with my boss. If you think that sounds like a crappy birthday, believe me when I say, you have no idea. I left the camp at 6:30am and got a hotel organized taxi to the Heron hotel to meet my small group. Even though the price was agreed upon with the camp, th...