In the last twenty-three days we have travelled from Nairobi to our present destination Livingstone, Zambia. During this time we have visited the Masaai Mara National Park (Kenya), the Serengeti National Park (Tanzania), Arusha (Tanzania), Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Stonetown-Zanzibar (Tanzania), Lake Malawi and Victoria Falls (Zambia).
It has been extremely exciting however we have had no mobile reception and little internet access (or electricity in general). We have spent many 10 hour days on the big blue Kamuka truck with our tour group, consisting of an irish couple, two English girls, five Aussies and one Kiwi. Aidan has been keeping us entertained on the truck by hosting 'Name that Tune' competitions and I definitely think I am winning... We have also entertained/disturbed many local towns as we passed through them singing Queen songs at the top of our lungs! We thought this was particularly appropriate in Tanzania - the birth place of Freddy Mercury.
We have spent every night thus far in our trusty tent despite the allure of upgrading to lovely rooms with a bed. The campsites have varied greatly between each country, but most have a bar/communal area, dodgy toilets and if we are really lucky we get a hot shower about twice a week.
The highlights so far have been seeing the big 5 (lions, elephants, buffalo, leopard & Rhinos), relaxing on Zanzibar Island and seeing Victoria Falls. We spent 5 days on the beautiful sandy shores of Lake Malawi but as the lake is home to many parasites, crocodiles and hippos we decided not swim. Aidan will do more detailed blogs on our adventures soon, but for now we are heading to Zimbabwe to walk with the lions. I should mention that we just got some Zimbabwean currency and we are officially trillionaires- 600,000,000,000,000 to be exact. This should buy us at least two cokes (this is not a typo)!
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