We had a nice late start today, if you call 8am late. We packed up and headed for the town of Mt wo Mba to do another one of those cultural experiences I've come to love. Not.These usually consist of you traipsing around a village all day in the heat, while being hassled by the locals into buying tacky souvenirs and then you get fed a lunch which usually makes you sick. I went on this one, it was ok at first, but then the uphill walk started.This definitely wa...

Up with the sun again and we packed up the camp and headed off for the Ngorongoro Crater.On the way, we managed to finally see a cheetah.She was a mother with cubs, but in the distance so we had to use binoculars. We reached the spectacular crater after about a hours drive and dodging wildebeasts that ran in front of us on the road.We drove down into it and then stopped for lunch by a small lake.On the way in we past another lake that was covered in pink flami...

After another horrendous day on the truck and being sick as ever, we jumped into jeeps and headed into the famous Serengeti National Park.On the way we drove past the Ngorongoro Crater which we will visit in a few days, it was one of the most spectacular sites I have ever seen. We drove to the gates of the national park, right through the wildebeest migration, which was an amazing site to see.We were literally surrounded by them as far as the eye could see, al...

I am still very unwell, the sickness has now progressed into a cold and I cannot breathe.We have moved on and are now camping at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro.The mountain is beautiful and is perpetually covered in clouds at the top.Even as sick as I was I was still able to appreciate this truly majestic sight.Jasper, Siobhan and I played catch for a while in its shadow. Stayed up for a while and chatted to the others, I have misplaced my head tourch since our t...

I left my bungalow after another sleepless night to go snorkelling out at Mnemba Atoll.About 18 of us, divers included got into the tiny traditional dhow and travelled for about an hour and half across the ocean.We couldn't move around and by the end of it I was starting to feel a little sick. When we reached the site I got straight in the water and started taking photos with my underwater camera.The coral and fish were really beautiful.Towards the end of the fi...