It’s high time that we shared with you an insight into the accommodation of the budget travellor. Tonight, and most nights, we stay in a cheap hotel. For two people sharing, it costs about £12 ($24) including breakfast. It’s fair to say that the hotel is in an ugly high-rise block, recessed a little way […]

It’s been three days since I became deaf in my left ear. The antibiotic ear drops that I’ve been squirting away with have done nothing to open-up my inflamed ear canal which developed shortly after scuba diving in Zanzibar. Squiffy is seriously bored of having to repeat herself all the time and I am still […]

Sooner than expected, we found a place to develop Squiffy’s underwater photos. As you’d expect, the quality on an underwater disposable camera trails somewhat behind a modern ‘abovewater’ digital one, but you get the picture…

It’s not easy living in paradise you know. The inevitable has happened and we’ve succumbed to travel bugs. Not THE travel bug, as in the desire to travel, which I got when I was 7 years old, but travel illnesses,which we managed to avoid for a whole week. My symptoms of complete fatigue and dizziness […]

After a week of diving and relaxing at Kendwa Beach, in the north of Zanzibar island, we’re heading back to Stonetown and then back to the mainland. We made quite a few friends here and wanted to say thanks and goodbye. So, if you’re reading, farewell to the Ross family (Gill, Colin, David), Emily and […]

Whilst Dave was doing his basic Open Water Diver, I decided after my previous 15-20 dives, it was about time I challenged myself and took the Advanced course. I wanted to gain the skills to feel more comfortable underwater, and besides, it was one of my goals for this trip. To qualify, I had to […]

It’s not often that two of the three world’s most beaufitul men are to be found in the same place as each other. Sadly the third most beautiful man, Fabio couldn’t make it as he is currently undergoing reconstructive surgery after having his nose broken whilst on a rollercoaster by a seagull flying into him […]

The lack of power is the talk of the island. Rastafarian’s are slinking past me on the beach complaining that “It’s dark, mon.” It’s three o’clock in the afternoon, so maybe his sunglasses are a shade too dark. Following a ghastly pot-holed, suspension-busting dirt track, complete with lush, tropical leaves smacking against the windscreen of […]

No lie in for me on my birthday (the last of my twenties-eek). I was awoken from my sleep in a grand and traditional Zanzibari bed to open my cards, followed by a quick breakfast on the hotel roof terrace, before we made a mad dash around the ubiquitous travel agencies to find the best […]

We’re on the beautiful, tropical island of Zanzibar, a couple of hours off the coast of mainland Tanzania. The island has no [permanent] electricity right now. Apparently the single oil-cooled underwater cable recently leaked and burnt-out. It’s a highly specialised cable and will take months to replace — not even the renowned African ingenuity can […]