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If we've been there, you can read about it here, in cerealised (we've been called both corny and flakey) form as we post new scribblings about our progress through Africa. If we've written a country's tale, you'll find notes below the link.
Enjoy,


THE CHEQUE LIST
Preparations and ponderings mixed equally, and morbidly.
DOUBLE CHEQUE
The visa-bill stress page.
THE V FILES
The little we know about visas.
OIL CHEQUE
A little knowledge goes a wrong way.
BLANK CHEQUE
A really slick vehicle service by the mess-master.
CHEQUE BOOK
Mutterings and mumblings: how not to plan first-rate expeditions.
SEVERANCE CHEQUE
We have a date - and sticky left-over silicone sealant.
SOUTH AFRICA
PORT ELIZABETH
A slow ride to the coast.
CAPE TOWN
The unfairest Cape and (more) bloody thieves.
NAMIBIA
FISH RIVER CANYON
A giant desert canyon; the surreallity of dreamland.
SWAKOPMUND
Between waves of sand and sea, time for a hot shower.
OUTJO
We've found a wet spot.
POPA FALLS
We've found a wetter spot.
KATIMA MULILO
A river runs through it - the way buses go where they want.
BOTSWANA
See Livingstone's entry, below.
ZAMBIA
LIVINGSTONE
A rough day's drive, tired border officials and we're in Zambia.
VICTORIA FALLS
A quiet day (or Quite a day ...) floating down the Zambezi River.
LUSAKA
Bouncing along Zambia's roads.
MALAWI
BLANTYRE
It's not white but it is wet - Christmas in Blantyre.
MT MULANJE
"Hallo! Stop! Give me money" and other quaint local sayings.
NEW YEAR, SENGA BAY
A New Year treat - with Seffricans. And sunshine, finally.
LIVINGSTONIA
Floating above the lake.
TANZANIA
DAR ES SALAAM
Learning the rudiments of Swahili and motor mechanics.
BAGAMOYO
Mangrove swamps & slave pens, German bomas & good books.
LUSHOTO
A distillation of our wisdom, written in an Alpine village!
ARUSHA
Kit we'd carry next time; and an ant-climax.
NGORONGORO
Cratered roads make us wonder if the spectacle is worth it.
BUKOBA
A hole (sic) lot of shaking - Western Tanzania.
UGANDA
FORT PORTAL
Good sights; bad parks. Be warned: whingeing involved!
KAMPALA
Monkey business and going ape over chimpanzees.
SOURCE OF THE NILE
Fearful faces and facing fears.
Mt ELGON
Climbing peaks; dumbing down.
KENYA
NAIROBBERI
Cameras and comrades.
LAKE TURKANA
Bad planning but good missions.
ETHIOPIA
WOBBLY BELLY
Tigger falls in love.
ADDIS ABABA
Bureaucrats and fine food.
GONDER
Gorgeous views and guns.
SUDAN
KHARTOUM
Sweltering on the Nile.
PORT SUDAN
Deserts and decrepit ports.
THE MIDDLE EAST
OUT OF AFRICA
Unbelievable hospitality and help.
AMMAN, JORDAN
Beauty and the rip-off artists.
SYRIA
Souq and ye shall find.
LONDON CALLING
Journey's end.