I decided not to go rafting as I was quite tired so thought I would go on my way back through Uganda, instead thing I would go to an island off the Kenyan coast clled Lamu, which is nice and hot and with old swahili towns etc. It invloved getting a 12 bus rfom Kampala to Nairobi, a 6 huor bus to Mombassa, then a six hour bus to Lamu then a ferry across. Unfortunately, there wasn't a night bus so I had to wait until 6 the next morning, and the bus copany said I co...

Haven't done too much since the last email, Climbing Mt Sinai was fun. I didn't realise quite how busy it was going to be, there were hundreds of people on the mountain which made it quite crowded, especially in the dark. The egyptians also sell camel rides to the top, and so while walking up someone would shout camel and with half a second a camel would be ploughing through you. Near the top I felt some hot breath on my neck, and jumped to the side just as a cam...