Including Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia, with a small dollop of France and the UK on the way home.
| Date | Blog Title | Location |
| January 30th 2009 | Winning the sack race | Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London |
| February 11th 2009 | A town like Alex | Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Alexandria |
| February 13th 2009 | Into Africa | Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo |
| February 19th 2009 | Ignoreland | Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor |
| February 20th 2009 | The dead zone | Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor |
| February 22nd 2009 | Reservoir gods | Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan |
| February 24th 2009 | Into the black | Africa » Sudan » North » Wadi Halfa |
| February 25th 2009 | Things in my holes (which I'd rather weren't there) | Africa » Sudan » North » Abri |
| February 27th 2009 | A haboob a day keeps the sandflies away | Africa » Sudan » North » Kerma |
| March 1st 2009 | Ruinous red tape | Africa » Sudan » North » Dongola |
| March 4th 2009 | Pyramid scheme | Africa » Sudan » North » Karima |
| March 11th 2009 | Boredom of Khartoum | Africa » Sudan » North » Khartoum |
| March 14th 2009 | The comfort of strangers | Africa » Sudan » East » Kassala |
| March 15th 2009 | Cheated and heated | Africa » Ethiopia » Amhara Region » Metema |
| March 20th 2009 | The five towers | Africa » Ethiopia » Amhara Region » Gondar |
| March 25th 2009 | The long and winding road that leads to your being sore | Africa » Ethiopia » Amhara Region » Axum |
| March 28th 2009 | In this rock I will build my church | Africa » Ethiopia » Amhara Region » Lalibela |
| April 6th 2009 | New flower | Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa |
| April 7th 2009 | The foot that is restless will tread on a turd | Africa » Ethiopia » Southern Nations Region » Dila |
| April 8th 2009 | Trucking hell | Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Moyale |
| April 9th 2009 | Assistance from St Gallen | Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Marsabit |
| April 10th 2009 | Asphalt dreams come through | Africa » Kenya » Eastern Province » Isiolo |
| April 18th 2009 | Undomesticated bliss | Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP |
| April 19th 2009 | Flamingo park | Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Lake Nakuru NP |
| April 29th 2009 | 86 condoms and still I catch a virus ... | Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi |
| April 30th 2009 | The Spanish trod carelessly around English town (7) | Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Eldoret |
| May 10th 2009 | Hippo campus | Africa » Uganda » Northern Region » Murchison Falls NP |
| May 14th 2009 | School for scandal | Africa » Uganda » Central Region » Kampala |
| May 20th 2009 | Inspecting the troops | Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Lake Nkuruba |
| May 21st 2009 | Spoonerism in Port Fortal | Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Fort Portal |
| May 28th 2009 | Place of the little birds | Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Lake Bunyonyi |
| May 30th 2009 | In which I lose $150, the ability to control dandruff, and the use of my Vaio | Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kabale |
| June 3rd 2009 | Golden shower | Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Mgahinga National Forest |
| June 5th 2009 | In the neighbourhood of gorilla beringei beringei | Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Kisoro |
| June 8th 2009 | Sunny and chèr | Africa » Rwanda » Province de L'Ouest » Gisenyi |
| June 15th 2009 | Whenever I think about it, I cry all day long | Africa » Rwanda » Ville de Kigali » Kigali |
| June 17th 2009 | Last stop in Rwanda | Africa » Rwanda » Province du Sud » Butare |
| June 22nd 2009 | What does Eric want from me? | Africa » Burundi » West » Bujumbura |
| June 25th 2009 | If 2's company and 3's a crowd, then 25 is too bloody many to fit in a freakin' daladala | Africa » Tanzania » West » Kigoma |
| July 4th 2009 | Baobabs, baboons, and jumbo johnsons | Africa » Tanzania » North » Tarangire National Park |
| July 5th 2009 | And now let's go over to SW19 ... | Africa » Tanzania » North » Lake Manyara |
| July 8th 2009 | Leopard spots | Africa » Tanzania » North » Serengeti National Park |
| July 9th 2009 | Zero degrees and zero black rhinos | Africa » Tanzania » North » Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
| July 11th 2009 | I wish I was invisible | Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha |
| July 15th 2009 | Dora's alarm | Africa » Tanzania » East » Dar es Salaam |
| July 16th 2009 | A fond farewell to/from Tanzania | Africa » Tanzania » West » Mbeya |
| July 18th 2009 | The lizard of Malawi | Africa » Malawi » Northern » Karonga |
| July 25th 2009 | Bay of 1000 teenagers | Africa » Malawi » Northern » Nkhata Bay |
| July 26th 2009 | A Scrabble impossibility | Africa » Malawi » Northern » Mzuzu |
| July 31st 2009 | City of dark | Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe |
| August 5th 2009 | Pot-buying in Chitikale | Africa » Malawi » Southern » Mulanje Town |
| August 7th 2009 | Rumblings in the interior | Africa » Malawi » Southern » Mount Mulanje |
| August 11th 2009 | A tropical suburb of Glasgow | Africa » Malawi » Southern » Blantyre |
| August 12th 2009 | 10-4, pato de borracha | Africa » Mozambique » Northern » Mocuba |
| August 23rd 2009 | A Ilha bonita | Africa » Mozambique » Northern » Island of Mozambique |
| August 24th 2009 | Como se diz "squitters" em portugues? | Africa » Mozambique » Northern » Nampula |
| August 25th 2009 | Beira necessity | Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira |
| August 27th 2009 | Disappointing movements in the dhow | Africa » Mozambique » Southern » Bazaruto Archipelago |
| August 29th 2009 | Crime and tide | Africa » Mozambique » Southern » Vilanculos |
| September 1st 2009 | The last chapa | Africa » Mozambique » Southern » Inhambane |
| September 8th 2009 | For your safety, please don't leave the hotel | Africa » Mozambique » Southern » Maputo |
| September 10th 2009 | One score years and thirteen | Africa » Swaziland » Mbabane |
| September 16th 2009 | A session at the Sanctuary | Africa » Swaziland » Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary |
| September 18th 2009 | Wanted - 1 black rhino, any condition. Will swap for 2,793 photos of white rhinos. | Africa » Swaziland » Ezulwini Valley |
| September 24th 2009 | This is Africa? | Africa » Madagascar » Antananarivo |
| September 27th 2009 | The French collection | Africa » Madagascar » Miandrivazo |
| September 29th 2009 | The floating world | Africa » Madagascar » Tsiribihina River |
| September 30th 2009 | Les sept magnifiques | Africa » Madagascar » Belo sur Tsiribihina |
| October 2nd 2009 | My name's John and I'm a snorer | Africa » Madagascar » Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park |
| October 3rd 2009 | Les quatre-quatres de merde | Africa » Madagascar » Belo sur Tsiribihina |
| October 5th 2009 | The sound of pousse-pousse | Africa » Madagascar » Antsirabe |
| October 6th 2009 | Don't go away sad, don't go away mad - just go away | Africa » Madagascar » Fianarantsoa |
| October 8th 2009 | The cutest primate of them all | Africa » Madagascar » Ambalavao |
| October 10th 2009 | The lemur count climbs | Africa » Madagascar » Ranomafana National Park |
| October 11th 2009 | Fianar revisited. And it's still a hole. | Africa » Madagascar » Fianarantsoa |
| October 16th 2009 | The song of the forest | Africa » Madagascar » Andasibe-Mantadia National Park |
| October 19th 2009 | Au revoir but not adieu | Africa » Madagascar » Antananarivo |
| October 21st 2009 | Big bad Joburg | Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg |
| October 25th 2009 | Rainbow stylin' | Africa » Zimbabwe » Victoria Falls |
| October 26th 2009 | If you ain't got no money, take your broke "ass" home | Africa » Botswana » North-West » Kasane |
| October 30th 2009 | Delta blues | Africa » Botswana » North-West » Maun |
| October 31st 2009 | Trying to cross the border without a hitch | Africa » Botswana » Ghanzi District » Ghanzi |
| November 7th 2009 | Blissed out in the desert | Africa » Namibia » Sossusvlei |
| November 8th 2009 | Windy corner | Africa » Namibia » Windhoek |
| November 9th 2009 | A night at the Wimpy | Africa » Namibia » Keetmanshoop |
| November 11th 2009 | Adolf's town (no, not that Adolf) | Africa » Namibia » Luderitz |
| November 17th 2009 | Millimetres away from a desert | Africa » Namibia » Kalahari |
| November 18th 2009 | Drankwinkels and mansuitrusters | Africa » South Africa » Northern Cape » Upington |
| December 5th 2009 | Waiting for Jules | Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town |
| December 9th 2009 | I'm ready to go home | Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg |
| December 16th 2009 | Paris in the the winter | Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris |
| December 31st 2009 | There's only so much you can learn in one place | Europe » United Kingdom » England » North Yorkshire » Saltburn-by-the-Sea |
