Day 1 (Sat, 8 July) - Nairobi

Got the flight a-ok from Heathrow.

Pretty cool flight, although Jo and I were seperated across the aisle seats. Luckily Jo made some quick friends with a Gujerati mother and daughter, from Golders Green, flying to Kenya for a wedding. Luckily for me my in flight screen was working whilst Jo's was busted which was just as well!

Waiting for the bags was a bit of a chore. It took about 45 minutes and we had to endure the inevitable mad scrum!

Our driver, Joshua, was waiting for us when we got outside which was a real relief as we were both pretty tired and not looking forward to tussling with local cab drivers.

Joshua our guide seems a really nice guy which is good as we'll be with him for the best part of the next 32 days!!!

Our hotel is pretty interesting. A couple checking in before us had no luggage, say no more. When we checked in and were shown to our room the receptionist obviously thought we were there for a very short stay. Luckily she realised the error of her ways and moved us to a 'deluxe' room ie. we would be using it for more than 20 minutes!

Anyway, we had a sandwich whilst watching Germany spank the (diving) Portugese. Good stuff. Jo has already made a little friend, whom she has named Smoky. Quite a cute grey cat!

Went to bed absolutely cream crackered. Tomorrow we will begin repacking our gear and just relaxing (ie watching the world cup) before we head off into the wilderness. Can't wait.