Ok, so we finally got on a flight to Kenya....hooray for BA who seem a lot more willing to fly to Kenya these days than Virgin. A late arrival meant a quick dash to the hotel with Stephen our taxi driver pointing out Nairobi's main attractions in the cover of darkness. Couple of hours sleep and there was good old Stephen waiting to take us back to the airport again at 05:30 (did he go home?). Again, cover of darkness so we are really glad to be going back to Nair...

The photo represents the sad truth about day 1 of our big adventure. We are actually at Heathrow. Yes, a slight change to our itinerary, but who would not take the jet set amusement park of T3 one day and then T4 the next day instead of Kenya given a choice? Although, let's be honest, we weren't given a choice. When the boarding gate monitor shows cancelled, you know it's pretty much decided for you. Seems Virgin not so keen on flying to Kenya with all the troubl...

Well, with just over a week to go before we set off on our big adventure (9 days actually), it seems like a good time to say hi and welcome you all to our travel blog. There isn't really much to tell you yet, unless you want to hear how the packing is going, or how many things we have left to buy....but you never know, there may be a last minute drama - will my contact lenses be delivered in time.... We fly out on Sunday landing in Nairobi on Monday where we hav...