World Tour of Malawi We arrived in Malawi on 10th January after a 39 hour journey from Belgium (see details later). Known as the Warm Heart Of Africa, Malawi is a hidden jewel nestled between larger and better known neighbours Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. It is landlocked, but includes one of the largest African lakes, Lake Malawi, which makes up a large part of the Mozambique border. The lake contains more species of fish than North America and Europe combined and they continue to discover more! In the rainy season when we visited, Malawi is lush, with vivid greens of ve [View Full Entry]

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Zambia and Botswana .... by Miss Wendy O As a Christmas gift from Sheena (Stuart's Mum) we took a flight to Zambia for a few days break. Arriving in Lusaka we were overwhelmed by the aggression and nastiness of the Zambians. The bus station was crowded, dirty, smelly and loud with locals in your face trying to push you buses and taxis. We later realized that this is really just an African bus station experience and this one was probably no worse than any other. We took a hot 6 1/2 hour bus journey to Livingstone, which is on the border [View Full Entry]

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After leaving Scotland we headed South by train from Edinburgh to Lundin. We spent a wicked time hangin out with our hommies Lorz (bestie) and Jonathan in the big city and enjoyed muchos champers, great Spanish food and a night out to see the Blue Man Group, which was v funny! The first day in London was taken up with picking up travel tickets for our world tour and catching up with London Geezer Derek who took us dan the market to spend a couple of Jacksons…innit… Leaving London we headed to Brussels on the Eurostar then to Gordon and Ingrid [View Full Entry]

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So we have completed the 2006 World Tour of Scotland, our first warm (read Baltic) up to our Big Adventure! We had a great few weeks spending as much time as possible with family and friends over the holiday period. We also managed to sneak in 3 days away exploring the West Coast and the North. The traditional overeating and drinking was interspersed with some beautiful runs through the Scottish landscapes as we train for the ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in February. We enjoyed running through the crisp highland air around Huntly castle and Grantown (-7C) and the stunning backdrop of [View Full Entry]

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