Travel Blog Posts
February 27th 2009
With my tent finally rolled and stuffed into its bag, my sleeping bag hastily shoved back into its sack and my sleeping mat semi-deflated, I was ready to get back on the truck. Jerry cans were topped up, water bottles filled, the cooking table was stowed away and the camping stools were put back into their lockers. Tiny - heaving, secured the gas cylinders and Jules, with Gooses help - put away the gas burners. With a grunt I reached up and shoved my tent back into the tent locker with its other companions, all bearing names such as 'Serengeti, Zambezi, Windhoek, Killi etc. The bag carrying my tent poles went in next followed by the bag containing the tent pegs and flysheet. Wiping my hands on my shorts I picked up my sleeping bag, mat ... read more
February 26th 2009
The tree top platform was, as I'd anticipated, a disaster. I lay awake half the night listening to every creak, groan and crack of each branch as the heavy rains pelted the tree and rocked my unstable refuge. I awoke the next morning groggy and bleary eyed surveying the river running through my tent, the river that I was sitting in. Some 'shelter' I thought. The rain had all but collapsed the tent, the flysheet useless. I was surprised the weight hadden't collapsed the platform once and for all. I was going to have to get the tent down. Groaning at that realisation I put my head in my hands when I heard Sat calling from below, 'Jennet darling, we're ready to go' With all the rain I had almost forgotten the game drive. I climbed ... read more
February 26th 2009
Zambia - South Luangwa National Park and Flatdogs Camp We entered Zambia on the 22nd December, heading for South Luangwa and Flatdogs camp, there was an excited hubbub on the truck - everyone was looking forward to Zambia plus my addition to the truck had relieved some of the tension that had been building up through Malawi. The sides were rolled up and everyone leaned out as the countryside spilled by. For some reason, (this happened a lot during my 8 weeks) I got choked up. Most people were looking at Zambia as an exciting new country, somewhere that most definitely wasn’t Malawi and as somewhere to have Christmas and New Years. I was seeing Zambia as your birth land. I had been warned not to sit at the back of the truck as with the ... read more
February 25th 2009
Arrival - 13th December 2008 I flew to Malawi after a 3 day layover in Johannesburg - as sad I was to leave it at the end of my trip, I'd never really liked Jo'burg that much and so I was grateful to finally be going to Malawi - my home for the next 10 days. Flying with Air Malawi - mine was the only white face to be seen and I have to say it, as much as I have grown to love the African people, when you're surrounded on a plane the smell is.....a little intense. Despite 2 hours of intense heat and severe body odor, I loved this flight. Everyone and I mean everyone was singing, clapping, talking - teachers recognized students they hadn't seen for years, friends met unexpectedly - it was ... read more
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