More Malawi piccies

Heading down the valleys towards the Tanzania/Malawi border

The view when we stopped for lunch (locals harassing us to buy stuff not in shot)

First views down to Lake Malawi

The full moon out over the lake - make your own mind up as to the source of any blurring

The view from the bar/cafe at Chitimba Beach down to the lake.

Our guide (Paul) and driver (Valdy) at Kande Beach. Fills you with confidence, doesn't it?

Jon, me and Heetan at Kande Beach. As you may have guessed, this photo very nearly didn't see the light of the internet, but as it's one of the only ones with me in it, I figured 'Oh well, it could be soooo much worse...'

Early stages of sunrise over Kande Beach

Slightly later stages of sunrise over Kande Beach

A few more Zanzibar photos

A few of you might be wondering why there aren't loads more pictures of sun-kissed tropical beaches and the like from Zanzibar. The simple answer is that I was having fun on or around said beaches, and didn't want to risk my camera getting damaged or nicked, so I didn't take it out that often. Sorry!

The inestimable Ali T, tour guide extraordinaire
The token maniac demonstrating how to climb a palm tree to chop down coconuts
A palm tree you really wouldn't want to try and climb like that - the Corkscrew Palm
The jetties up in Nungwi at high tide, after we got back from SCUBA diving
The beginnings of sunset, from the deck at Bwana Willie's
Yours truly, enjoying a nice cold beer - mmmmmm, beeeerrr....
Some of the more energetic of Nungwi's inhabitants. This was before my discovering in Malawi that I actually quite like playing beach volleyball.
Another shot out over the Indian Ocean

More Ngorongoro Photos

More puddy tats
One particularly playful moggy
All these tourists are just far too tiring...
One of the flamingoes that inhabit the alkaline lake in the centre of the Crater
The World's Biggest (and possibly Dumbest) Bird
My obligatory Pumba photo
Two jackals getting frisky
Yes, it's a rhino
One of the more impressive creatures I saw on the trip
A hyena resting during the day (honestly, this was in the middle of the day, it was just seriously overcast)
I'm ready for my close-up now...
This little fella was an absolute media-whore, posing for pictures for everybody
Looking down into the Great Rift Valley on the way back to Nairobi
And again

More Serengeti photos

Vicky, Amy,Pat, Heetan and Jon. For those wondering, the strained expression is due to having got about 2 hours sleep the previous night...

This ugly beast, whose real name I can't recall, but I know it is known as the Undertaker Bird, was hanging around our lunch spot at the campsite on the Ngorongoro crater rim

A view from the rim down into the Ngorongoro Crater, and the alkaline lake in the middle of it

One of the "landies" in our little convoy, heading along the main track into Serengeti. Spending much of that trip hanging out the top of our vehicles accounted for a fair bit of our "Serengeti Tan" dust coating

A wildebeest. Somehow, I can never see these creatures without thinking of Spitting Image

One of my (many, many) pictures of sunset over the Serengeti Plain

(Cue many excited shouts of "Pumba!" from Lion King fans)

The best advert for not swimming in African rivers or ponds

The second-best advert for not swimming in African rivers or ponds (and the smell, which cannot be conveyed, is grotesque at this point)

Baboon

Yes, I had to get at least one obligatory photo of me in our trusty steed (one of the Land Cruisers, rather than a Land Rover, for much of this trip)

Part of the herd of zebras we came across at a water-hole. Some of them would stand still, while a few ran around the whole herd, making a noise somewhere between a bleat and a bark

Yes, this was what we'd been wating for for a while. Several big puddie tats, including the only big male I can recall us seeing.

Probably my favourite shot of a lion (or, in this case, a lioness)

This one's for those of you who may have thought I took all of these at Windsor Safari Park or something..

More Maasai Mara Photos

One of the monkeys from our campsite just outside the Maasai Mara NPHeffalumps
Another pic of the cheetahsAn Acacia tree as the sun heads towards the horizon Sunset over the plains Lovely looking birds, aren't they? Smile for the camera The Kenya-Tanzania border (I think I'm in Tanzania!) A better Giraffe pic A Jackal in the early morning Buffalo The most maligned of beasts, the hyena And, just to close off, one of Kenya's ever-present donkeys. No sign of Shrek, though.