Me on Lake Naivasha I was sad to leave South Africa. This country had really gotten under my skin and I wished I had a little more time there. The two days of high level activity had left me very drained and also very sick, so I literally took the Baz Bus to Johannesburg and had them drop me off directly at an airport hostel. I ate dinner at a posher hotel across the street (I ordered Malva pudding and hot custard for dinner...come on, I was sick, yar?) and then promptly wen

And so it begins...Day 1 of the 56 day Nairobi - Cape Town Adventure I know. My last post was not quite what you were expecting for my first entry on this trip. It was sort of whiny and oddly reminiscent of the first few chapters' of Eat Pray Love. I do apologize for the wilful complaining about my lot in life. I shall endeavor to keep the mood a little lighter in this entry. Promise. I landed in Nairobi at around 8:30pm on a Friday night. Nairobi is not a safe place. I'll be

First day of Safari in the Serengeti 2014 started out in a very promising manner. By mid-April, I would have said I had almost everything I'd always wanted - A great job where I was appreciated, challenged, earning a decent living and enjoying fantastic colleagues and a boss I admired and respected. I was in a committed relationship that seemed to have real, long-term potential. I was singing regularly with my band and learning how to climb in a year-long mountaineering c