7. Southern Africa
Day 272: There Is Such Thing As Normal
29.09.09: Arrrrrrgh! ANOTHER get-up-at-5am-bus-leaves-at-11am day. I tell you, good information is priceless. Cliff and I wound up hanging about for
Day 273: A Gold Star And A Jellybaby
30.09.09: It was a comfortable night on Tashia’s couch, interrupted only by the once-an-hour shrill of my mobile phone waking
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Day 274: Cool Run-Ins
01.10.09: So… into the tenth month on the road and I finally, finally reach South Africa, what had, in my
Day 275: Five Quid A Page?!
02.10.09: The British High Commission in Pretoria is a little tricky to find – I wandered about for about half-an-hour
Day 276: A Break for the Border
03.10.09: A little water to help slacken my brains outer membrane and I shook off my hangover. Andy and I
Day 277: The Nuns of Gaborone
04.10.09: Best blog entry title of The Odyssey? Up at 6am and down to the nearby service station where one
Day 278: Sunrise
05.10.09: Crikey, I could have done without this early start, but it’s all power for the cause. Today in a
Day 279: The Highest Pub in Africa
06.10.09: I actually didn’t want to go all the way to Durban – I wanted to get off at a
Day 280: …And Nothing But The Tooth
07.10.09: Being a massive four months behind schedule now, I don’t really have time for dossing about, but today I
Day 281: Hey Ya!
08.10.09: Staggeringly early bus to Swaziland, but I needn’t have bothered. Let me explain; I rose at the butt-crack to
Day 282: Havin’ a Mozey
09.10.09: You know when you should really be getting up but you just really can’t be bothered? That was me
Day 283: Back in Aff
10.10.09: Yep, back in Aff all right, back in Aff. First up, buses in Mozambique are not allowed to run
Day 284: Zambezi-Peasy
11.10.09: But at 5am, I was up an at ’em, kicking ass all the way up to Tete on what
Day 285: The Lilongwe Round
12.10.09: Ah, well you see it’s like this: I’ve been kicking myself (literally, you want to see the whelks on
Day 286: Zam, But No Beer
13.10.09: Jason was a Peace Corps volunteer for a couple of years in Malawi (luck of the draw I guess)
Day 287: The Slog
14.10.09: The big event of today was crossing the border into Tanzania, which is a little like Tasmania but with
Day 288: Well That Was Easy
15.10.09: So here we are in Dar es Salaam, which means ‘haven of peace’…ahhh, isn’t that nice? Although, it wasn’t
Day 289: The Dar Side
16.10.09: Had a bunch of stuff to get done today, but as usual, I neglected my duties and proceeded to
Day 290: Another Night In
17.10.09: The big news of today was the fact that the boat was delayed until MONDAY – what a surprise!!
Day 291: George Lucas Syndrome
18.10.09: I firmly believe that behind every great man, there are a bunch of people telling him he’s an idiot.
Day 292: The Docker’s Omelette
19.10.09: Yesterday was spent creeping around Justine’s apartment like a mouse. I think she’s from Switzerland and I managed to
Day 293: Whenever You’re Ready…!
20.10.09: Either I was on the smoothest boat ride that I had ever experienced or when I awoke we hadn’t
Day 294: The Grottiest Boat Afloat
21.10.09: Sometimes words fail me. It doesn’t happen very often but blimey this boat is a rotten carcass of grot.
Day 295: Moroni Planet
22.10.09: I was convinced that I’d be on this sticking hole of a boat until tomorrow morning. Imagine my relief
Day 296: Cloud Coup Coup Land
23.10.09: Can’t help but feel that I wasted today. I did waste today. Today was wasted. I got up when
Day 297: The Joy of Mojangaya
24.10.09: One of those mornings where I really, really can’t be bothered getting out of bed, but I haul myself
Day 298: The Secret of My Itchy Feet
25.10.09: So how did I come to be such a champion adventurer, eh? Not really the likely sort I guess
Day 299: It’s A Mad Mad Madagascar
26.10.09: Yesterday passed with the graceful ebb and flow of the waves, and I am slowly coming to appreciate the
Day 300: I ♥ Madagascar
27.10.09: Dear Santa, Hi, it’s Graham here. Sorry I haven’t written to you in ages. I’ve been a busy boy.
Day 301: Welcome To Lemurland
28.10.09: Lemurs are one of my favourite animals on Earth. A primate, cut off from his cousins in Africa and
Day 302: The Road Ahead
29.10.09: My entire route for The Odyssey is mapped out in my head and has been for years so I
Day 303: Et Voila!
30.10.09: The Trochetia is great. It makes me sick every time that I think of the Shissiwani II costing me
Day 304: Drink Your Way Around The World
31.10.09: I stepped off the Trochetia and into country 124 feeling marvelously, marvelous about this turn of events. Simply put,