English version; Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya

Hello!

Here we are again to tell you about the amazing last few weeks we had. Warning; if you're not in a great mood, maybe best not to read this now..

From vic falls we continued on to Zambia where we visited a textile village and saw how they made and process the textiles. We visited a village named "element" where we spent the afternoon with the families who showed us how they live and about their traditions, and we camped at the riverbed of South Luangwa National Park. Elephants and hippos cross from the park to the river every night and it's very cool to camp in the middle of them and hear them graze right outside your tent. (Unless you need the toilet)

After Zambia we moved on to Malawi where we visited the capital Lilongwe and we camped 3 nights at Lake Malawi. Lake Malawi is the third biggest lake in Africa and stunning. The campings were good fun and busy too so during the day we played at the beach and at night we played at the bar.

After Malawi we crossed the border into Tanzania. We visited Iringa and slept in a little village close to here where we walked around and had a drink with the locals (and the flies). From here we moved on to Dar es Salaam, where millions of people (mainly Muslim) form one big chaos. From here we took the ferry to beautiful Zanzibar. We don't want to make anyone jealous, but; a stunning island where we spent 4 days on white sand beaches with lovely restaurants and cosy bars, and from the marine blue sea you stroll to the pool to cool down with a cocktail in the sun and great views. Tough life here in Africa.. Oh, and let's not forget the comfortable beds in the romantic bungalow with flowers on the pillows and ac!! We haven't just been lazy though, we also went snorkelling and we culturally strolled around the cobble streets of old Stone town.

After Zanzibar back to hectic Dar es Salaam, where we spent 4 hours leaving the city due to traffic chaos. We moved onto the Lesotho mountain area, very pretty and due to the altitude nice and cold. After weeks sweating in 40 degrees it was really nice to jump into our sleeping bags wearing a hoody. We hiked through the mountains and after we headed to Arusha. Arusha is the gateway to Kilamanjaro and the Serengeti. The next day we left for our 4 day trip to Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Really expensive, but worth every penny!! What shall I say..

The Serengeti is simply the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life. More than 14.000 square kilometres of untouched nature, no trace of humanity anywhere and wild animals walking freely everywhere you look. Compared to this, the kruger park is a zoo, and we were already so excited over there.. In every park we visited before it was a challenge to see a leopard, let alone in daylight. Leopards, male lions and cheetahs are hard to spot, but here we saw plenty of them very clear, from up close, awake, with cubs and hunting! I understand now why it's so expensive because it's absolutely amazing to be here for 4 days without other people around you. There're no real campsites and at night you can't come outside your tent because lions and other predators walk around freely. Peeing is arse outside the tent - in Joe's case opening the zipper was enough - and if you're unlucky enough to have the shits you'll have to do it in a bag... When I woke up once in the middle of the night I realised it wasn't exaggerated to be careful, as a buffalo was grazing right outside our tent.

I don't have to go on for hours about how amazing the trip is, cause you can see for yourself when you look at the pics. It's the best trip I've done so far and an absolute blast to do it with Joe. He makes the nice moments even nicer, the stress moments more stressful but mainly everything a lot funner. Sometimes we're in the bus for days or we eat locally and trying to conquer diarrhoea (and trust me, here you really know what diarrhoea is) but it's all a lot of fun with him. He's a keeper!!

Lots of love,
Charlotte and Joe