I had to be in South Africa by the 16th of June to meet some friends and watch the first of my matches and I was in quite a quandary in how to get there on the right date – should I fly from Vic Falls to Joburg (expensive :S), go through Zimbabwe (would need [...]

What a cracking country Zambia has turned out to be! I want to say, right off the bat, everyone should visit Zambia if they get the chance – amazing sights, fascinating culture, warm and open people and scenery to take your breath away I arrived in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, headed to one of [...]

Just to confuse things I’m going to take a detour from my trip around Asia :S It’s just that my Asian adventure was last year and I’m trying to transcribe my journal onto the blog, RIGHT NOW I have just arrived in Africa and I’m very excited so I want to write a little entry [...]

After leaving our new adopted Bangladeshi family in Dhaka we managed to procure some ‘second-class’ tickets for the rocket steamer down towards the Bay of Bengal, which we planned to get off in Khulna and try, from there, to make our way to Calcutta in India. Incidentally, I recently read a book called ‘The Lunatic [...]

We had our hotel in Dhaka sorted so now it was time to do some sight-seeing, first-off was a trip to the waterfront, Sadarghat, on the banks of the river Buriganga- this place is an eyeopener for sure! Crowded with ferries, boats, paddle steamers, fisherman’s boats and dhabas all hiving with business and commotion If [...]