Tanzania was my last remaining fixed goal; I had to get to Dar es Salaam to meet Colleen for attempt #2 at an Africa trip (the first in Cote d'Ivoire having been derailed by malaria). As the only reliable adult between the two of us she had booked us somewhere to stay on Zanzibar and a safari …

Despite being one of the poorest countries in the poorest continent, Malawi is known as the Warm Heart of Africa for its friendly population. Having got through Mozambique slightly faster than I anticipated, I had a bit of time to slow down and see the place, and hopefully finally get to see some …

After a month in English speaking countries, I was heading back into foreign territory. Whilst the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique is probably best known in the West for the horrors of the gruelling civil war, a peace agreement was holding and things were now looking up. Tourists I had met …