A few photos from our South African shenanigans so far.... AND: For those of you not on facebook... Boxing Day afternoon/evening/night drinks at the Howell House From 3.00 pm onwards Hope to see you there, B xo [View Full Entry]

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What up, G? Well, only two weeks to go for us here, so we thought we'd give you a bit of a summary of our time in Kilifi/Kenya: Popular myths I’ve had to dispel this year 1. I am not dating my sister. 2. My sister is not my mother. 3. I am not the mother of a black man. 4. I am not the sister of a black man. 5. I do not have sweets. 6. I also do not have shillings (well, not that I’ll give you). 7. Yes, we eat rice in Australia. 8. No, I don’t want [View Full Entry]

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And the rest of the photos... [View Full Entry]

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Just because we haven’t had enough holidays this year, we decided to go Rwanda for a week. Actually, we had to go, because my visa had expired (tourist visas only last six months, and my work visa hasn’t come though - surprise, surprise), but we weren’t complaining. So we flew into Kigali and had three days there, one in Butare, two in Kibuye and then another back in Kigali, before heading back to Nairobi. We actually were nearly not allowed into Rwanda because we hadn’t applied - and been given permission - to enter, which apparently you have to do. After [View Full Entry]

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Next up, Whitley flew back to Australia and we set off to Uganda to go kayaking on the Nile at Jinja. We did a seven day, beginner’s course, which involved instruction in basic kayaking skills and rolling the kayak when you flipped over the water. Justin picked up the rolling very quickly and even managed to right himself in the rapids at one point. Unfortunately as soon as he got back upright he flipped over again and had to bail out of his kayak and then nearly got swept down into grade 4 rapids. We had a really good instructor, Jared, [View Full Entry]

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After a couple of days of recovery (and some shenanigans, ie. Wrestlemania 2007) in Moshi and Arusha, Simon went back to London and we met up with Sarah, and then set off on safari. ‘Twas a very nice, quiet week in between two extreme ones. It was, however, another week of being dirty, sleeping in tents and eating the same food, causing me to go on strike and refuse to eat eggs and sausages for breakfast anymore. We did a four day safari, stopping in three places: Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Unfortunately we missed out on seeing the tree-climbing [View Full Entry]

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Hey y’all, Wassup? Well, we’re back from a super dooper holiday and I have much to write about, so it could be a long one…you’re not obliged to read it all ;) In fact, I’ll be very impressed if anyone actually does. I’ll start off with the Beast (also known as Kilimanjaro) which was an amazing experience, but not something I’ll do again in a hurry, as I don’t really like hard work! After a few days of showing Justin and Whitley around Kilifi (which involved a dhow ride and a very unpleasant bout of seasickness) we flew down to Kilimanj [View Full Entry]

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Yassup? (that’s my new abbreviated form of “yo, wassup?” I feel like it’s going to save me a lot of time) Thought I better check in before we go on holiday for the next few weeks. We’re leaving Kilifi on Friday morning (Justin is arriving in Kilifi on Tuesday and someone over here might be a tinsy bit excited about it…) to head off to do something ridiculous like climb a very large mountain. So the plan of attack is Kilimanjaro in week one, safari in Tanzania (in Serengeti and Ngorongoro and surrounding areas) in week two and then on to [View Full Entry]

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Mambo vipi, Wassup? Well first off, my sincerest apologies for being incommunicado for nearly two months now…it’s not all my fault. Part of it is that we’ve had visitors (and I’ve been lazy as usual). But mostly, it’s due to the fact that computers don’t seem to work in Kenya. And also, this wonderful site hasn’t been working - and it lost all the rest of my blogs…yippee! Anyway, I’ve broken the last couple of months into four blogs (sorry that you’ll get the email four times): our trip to Zanzibar; weekend in Diani Beach/Shim [View Full Entry]

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On the Friday morning of the next week my uncle, Rod, arrived in Mombasa. We went down to the airport to meet him and continued further south to Diani Beach, where we hired a seafront cottage for the weekend. Again, it was another tough weekend! Highlights included eating at Ali Barbour restaurant- which is built into a cave and is a spectacular setting - on the first night, and the Forty Thieves - a restaurant and bar with great views of the beach - on the second night. On the Sunday we went on a one-day safari at a national reserve [View Full Entry]

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