John's highlights

As we now have a new laptop i thought i had better add my two cents worth as well. This journey has had its up and downs. The biggest down was obviously when everything got stolen but we have managed to bounce back and not let that one incident ruin everything. Although the experience was extremely upsetting it did show us that we could survive without many things and in a funny way it did bring us closer together.

Since Christiane is udating you all on what we have been doing since the lasts post I won't spend to much time on that. Although i do have to mention the places we have visted that I have enjoyed the most. Etosha national park, Livingston, Lake Malawi and Zanzibar are at the top of my list. I am just going to write briefly on the two earlier experiences Etosha National Park and Livingston as i don't want to muddle up the order of this blog and i am sure Christiane and I will write more regarding Lake Malawi and Zanzibar (Which mainly involves us kite surfing...awesome fun i might add)

One of the biggest driving forces for me to visit Africa in the first place was to come and see the animals. Most are unique to Africa and seeing them up close and personnel in their natural habitat didn't disappoint. We had herds of Zebras, Springboks, Impala in fact every sort of Antelope you could imaging grazing and frolicking literally meters from the car. Elephants and Girrafes cooling themselves off at waterholes. There were lions pacing lazily next to us without a care in the world, Wilderbeest by the hundreds and even Hyenas with their funny gait and lopsided smiles making early morning apperances. All in all it was a wonderful experience and one we hope to repeat soon when we visit the Serengeti. This time armed and dangerous with a brand camera and long distance lens. So expect some awesome photos.

Livingston is a strange place, a tourist mecca in the middle of Southern Africa. It nestles on the Zambian side of the Zambia/Zimbabwe border. I think its popularity has increased ten fold as the popularity of the town of Victoria falls which is on the Zimbabwe side has declined. Mainly because of the strife that has been going on there. But one persons loss is another persons gain so to speak and Livingston is booming. As well as only being 10km away from one of the 7 natural wonders of the world, Victoria Falls, it offers many things that the avid tourist would want, like White water rafting, Helicopter rides over the falls, Bungee jumping, Gorge swings, canoeing and many more adrenalin fueled activities that i can't remember. However these activities are not cheap and whilst i would have liked to indulge in more we only partook in the rafting and Gorge swing. But that was enough to sate my adrenalin junkie desires. The gorge swing especially was terrifing, probably not as bad a bungee jumping but launching yourself backwards, actually stapping yourself to your girlfriend and then launching yourself backwards of a cliff whilst falling for 4 seconds and tumbling definitely gets the old ticker racing.

Anyway thats just two of my highlights and i will write about my others when the blog has caught up a bit. Still lots more to see of this continent yet so i hope you stay with us and enjoy the ride.