5th August Day 9 Chitimba Beach, Malawi Kath and I decided to have a quiet day today as we were still recovering from the sangria night and the travels from the previous day…..we must be getting old!! Some of the group did the 36km round trip walk to Livingstonia Mission up in the hills but as it meant a 5am wake up it really didn’t appeal to us! Meanwhile some of the staff at the camp ground gave Freddy a bath inside and out…we’d managed to trapse a whole lot of mud inside back in the forest and it wasn’t pretty! We slept in past 8am…a treat after so many early mornings and had a leisurely morning chatting with the others who’d stayed behind and visiting the craft market stalls just outside the camp gates. We ... read more

Hi everyone......we're struggling to find good internet access on this trip so will be loading blogs by country from now on. 28th August - Nomad Tour Day 1 Victoria Falls to Lusaka Kath and I woke early as we had to be at our tour start point by 7.45….a short walk away although laden down with our heavy packs, bottle of gin and other things it took us a while to get there….. but we made it and sat down for a coffee to wait for the rest of the tour group to arrive……2 hours later we actually left the lodge and picked up people along the way. So we finally made it to the border after 9am and walked across the bridge to Zambia and tried to avoid being accosted by the huge baboons that ... read more

Sorry I've just made it to a place with decent internet and found that only part of my blog made it on so here's the full episode with a few pics :-) Well not much, Kath and I have been spending very lazy days by the pool peppered with short walks to the supermarket or other shops. In retrospect 10 days in Vic Falls was probably a few days too many but it’s also kind of nice to get a good feel for the place and chat with same locals etc. Whenever we leave the rest camp we end up with a couple of guys approaching us trying sell carvings or any one of the ridiculous Zim notes in the billions and trillions of dollars, most of these guys have chosen “English” names for themselves….among the ... read more

Hi Everyone Well we're back in Vic Falls and it's great to be back....nothing much has changed around here, still as laid back as ever :-) Although it hasn't exactly been a smooth run getting here........ I left Auckland on Saturday 17th early in the morning bound for Joburg via Melbourne.....I managed to make my tight transfer at Melbourne airport and met up with Kath my travel buddy. We had a hellish 15 hours flying time which dragged very slowly especially as there was a poor baby 2 rows in front who wailed the whole trip, the service was the worst I've ever had on V Australia and it was soooooo hot in the cabin. But anyhoo we made it to Joburg safe and sound, my bag on the other hand did not......I'm still waiting to ... read more

Hi everyone Well I've been a little slack with my updates lately.....but better late than never! When I last wrote I had arrived in Siem Reap and I was very excited about the days ahead of me exploring the temples in the area. I was staying in the Ta Som guest house which was pretty basic but at us$12 per night you couldn't expect too much....and that price included breakfast! So after I'd eaten my eggs, french bread and fruit (Yum!) washed down with a coffee laden with condensed milk (not so yum!) my friendly tuk tuk driver turned up to drive me around some of the temples. We managed to see 8 different temples on the first day including Angkor Wat (the main temple) and some of Angkor Thom (the town/city), my favourite of the ... read more