http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Lucy9/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Lucy9 en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:55:58 +0000 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:55:58 +0000 In Sydney Australia So we arrived in the airport around lunch time and experienced the high security and strict customs laws in place. The forms for customs were hard core and I was worried I would forget to declare something and get a fine of 200 When we collected our bags the sniffer dogs were going round and checking everyones bags and peoples suitcases were being emptied and searched. It w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-404118.html Journey to the end So after such an eventful easter weekend we set off again on the big yellow bus heading for Botswana. The heavy rains seen in Malawi had clearly been here because the roads were flooded and the border crossing into Bostwana was so far under water we had to take a boat.We stopped at a campsite that had been hit hard by the water the actual campsites were flooded so we camped on http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Botswana/North-West/Maun/blog-401819.html SundayI woke up terrified today was not going to be a good day I already had a sickening feeling right down in the pitt of my stomach one that I couldn't shake off. My head was buzzing with questions 'was I really ready to do this Was I mad Was I even going to go through with it I had jumped out of a plane but could I really plunge 111m head first over Vic. FallsI didnt want to admit it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zambia/Livingstone/blog-401286.html And so the madness begins... Livingstone is south of Zambia just on the border between Zimbabwe and is home to one of the natural wonders of the world Victoria Falls or MosioaTunya the smoke that thunders.It's a small town that massively benefits from the tourism generated by the biggest falls in the world. Named by the scottsih explorer David Livingstone Victoria Falls is formed from the f http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zambia/Livingstone/blog-399314.html House Boat Fun So we had journied through Malawi and had rubbish weather but as we crossed the border into Zambia quite literally the sun was shinning on the other side. We did have an awful journey to get to Lake Kariba our truck sunk into loose stones and ruble near a building site and had to be towed out by a JCB and then the road that followed was only like 60k but took us 4 hours along al http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Zambia/Lake-Kariba/blog-399306.html On the road again..So after the luxury RR we returned to the truck and back on the roads which were slowly getting worse as we headed south. Our next port of call was Lake Malawi the 8th largest lake in the world lake Malawi spans the length of the country and is also said to have more species of fish in it than any other lake in the world.Our mission in Malawi was really to make it to the othe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Malawi/Lake-Malawi/Chitimba-Beach/blog-396076.html ZANZIBAR ISLAND So after all the wild animals in the national park the truck drove us down to Dar Es Salaam Tanzania's busy capital. We were only here though to catch the ferry to Zanzibar one of the Spice Islands off the coast of East Africa in the Indian Ocean.What an absolutely beautiful place and I recommend it to everyone. Stone town is in the South and it's where we spent our first night. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/blog-393227.html So after long drives through Kenya and Tanzania we were actually going to do something and this was huge. The Serengeti is a National Park in Tanzania that is home to nearly all the wild animals you associate with Africa this is were the Big 5 live and many more.The big yellow truck Tokoloshe that's it's name stayed behind and we jumped into 5 Landcrusiers that took us into the Serengeti. We http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Serengeti-National-Park/blog-392339.html So it's been a really long while since ive had the chance to update this today is not actually the 16th of March and i'm not in Kenya but i thought I'd start at the correct date and start from the beginning. Southern Cross Absolute Africa Safari 33 days Nairobi to JohannesburgSo we actually arrived in Nairobi on the Friday the 13th after flying Ethiopian Airways from Addis Ababa but the tour o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-392331.html So we visited the castle on the saturday and on sunday travelled to Anamabo beach 15 minutes drive from our town. It was paradise a secluded and private white sand beach lined with palm trees and straw umbrellas. It felt more like a caribbean island than a beach in Ghana. It was the kind of place I'd imagine spending my honey moon with beach huts seconds away from where we sunbathed. The sea w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Central/Cape-Coast/blog-380198.html Last Days in Accra My last day of work was on the friday and I was determined to make it the best i could possibly make it. It turned out the matron who i was shown to on the first day and who i regularly talked with was not in but i wasnt going to leave without achieving what i wanted most to go into surgery.I worked in the morning the normal routine of weighing babies and their mothers and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Central/Cape-Coast/blog-378560.html Still going strongSo it's been roughly over a week since i last wrote but the last attempt was a bit sarce so i thought id dedicate some time to it.Starting with last weekend Alli and I decided to get out of the house and out into Accra the big capital city. For refernce we looked at a 10 year old map in our lounge although not alot of help we tried to guesstimate where we should be heading. Whe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-374293.html Monday FridayWell monday was the first working day here. As everyone else went to there school i was taken to Alpha Medical Centre. I met with Matron Rose i couldn't work out whether she was pleased to see me or not I felt quite bad saying that i wasn't trained in anything and that i didnt know how to take someone's bp without an electric machine lol. She showed me round the hospital an outs http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-371222.html Gap Year 2009 GhanaHi this is the beginning then of this mad adventure. We flew 6 hours with personal entertainment which was a surprise. Flying into Accra there was a storm which was unusal as it's their dry season and they hadnt had rain in 2 months. It still seemed culturally different in the dark we had our first drink in a very loud sports bar verbs. The american music was blasting out http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Ghana/Greater-Accra/Accra/blog-369225.html