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Safari begins! Yesterday afternoon a series of messages from ToA. Albert let me know who our guide was going to be and when he’d be picking us up. Jackson our guide with the funniest message introducing himself, and telling us when he’d be picking us up. Then Albert again let me know our...

We do have some tape so I could roll it back up again. Maybe...

Thanks so much Sambol. I have a few colleagues who would love me to visit them in Hyd. Another group in Pune. It’ll have to be next time :)

The hotel has quite an odd internal ‘atrium’ that has a solid roof over it and is boarding on dark. On level one, just outside our room, is this weird garden area full of weird dome structures, plastic plants and small water features. They have a tea/coffee station set up in the space where you...

Nairobi is such a crazy architectural mish mash and it was all down below and around us. Buildings from the late 1800s right through to modern skyscrapers with art deco, brutalist, modernist and every other style of architecture built beside each other. So much is in a state of disrepair but...

Breakfast was a pretty standard buffet with some interesting Indian additions. No photos taken first morning We looked for food tours in Nairobi and there really wasn’t much on offer so then we searched on walking tours and ended up booking this - 2025 City Tour/Feel Like a local for a moment...

Yes, I knew you knew it well. First time for us. City Lodge last year.

Albert was waiting outside the hotel when we arrived. Super lovely guy in person. We were given some t-shirts as a gift from Tapestry but Albert warned us traight away he thought the sizing might be wrong. bStut arrived from Dubai earlier in teh afternoon and something was mentioned about Kevin...

We're pretty economical with our clothes when we travel so what we'd worn down to Sydney on Thursday night and went into our backpacks as our 'if our bags don't arrive t-shirts' came back out today. We can do a small wash when we get to our first lodge. Pulled back the curtains and a BA A380...

Bags came out pretty quickly and we were on out into the craziness that is road side at JNB where everyone wants to be your friend and help you. We were staying at the Protea and knew where the shuttles left from but still someone tagged along and then asked for a tip when all he'd done was...

The lounge peeps must have been glad to see us go. I managed to push half the bechamel sauce off my plate onto the table trying to cut through the overtoasted muffins, then bAlt managed to knock his glass of champers off the drinks table and somehow it broke, just hitting the carpet. Boarding...

And away we go. No issues with checking bags at premium entry at BNE. We were in the J lounge with nearly two hours before our flight to SYD so had one or two gins. The chicken tacos were delicious. By the time the we got to the gate they were already calling group six. Luckily space...

Thanks kooka. Say hi to Mrs kooka from us both

Checked in yesterday evening for our flight down to SYD tonight and just out of habit checked the seating on the rest of the flights on the booking. Surprise! I've been moved out of 32K (window) for our flight back from JNB and moved into 32F (centre aisle)! bAlt remained in 32J (aisle). Wtf...

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Bid decreased to USD188 each for NBO-JNB so we put one in

I'm still on a 220 home but 738 down. I'm also around for any Sunday activities with a 17:25 flight

To upgrade or not? Kenya has sent us more than one email in the last few days (as had QF) suggesting we bid for upgrades on our three fights with them. Min bid is USD233pp on our two 788 fights. Might consider on the return to JNB. For anyone who has flown on a Kenya 788, worth it or not? We...

Flight and travel maps and with a bit finer detail

I predict there may well be. And I want manes this time! Really f'n big manes!