Sorry that I haven't written in a while!  I've been busy, disconnected, and
    quite tired from travelling all over Africa.

    I've only got a short time to write because I'm about to miss a 15km ride
    to the campsite at which I'm staying so I'll stick to factual overview for
    a change.

    Since last writing I've spent several days lounging on the beaches of
    Zanzibar, eating curried fish, spiced bananas, and coconuts straight from
    the tree.  Zanzibar is a cultural explosion, exhibiting Indian, Arab, and
    African influence around every bend of its weather worn medieval streets.  

    I spent a week or more on the shores of Lake Malawi watching two of my
    travelling companions weather the effects of malaria while enjoying the
    tropical delights of the cheapest place I've ever been.  If you don't mind
    being infected with Bhilazia (sp?), dodging crocodiles and hippos while
    swimming, and eating tons of maize meal for every meal Malawi is the place
    to be!

    I've been on safari in Tanzania for the past 4 days.  The Ngorongoro crater
    is Eden I'm sure.  The Serengheti, currently hosting its annual wildabeast
    migration (1.5 million animals moving as a brown river), is an eye-popping
    explosion of life.  Zebras, wildabeast, giraffes, lions, rhino, cheetah,
    dik-dik, gazelle, impala, crocodiles, hippos, everything!  Ever seen a pack
    of hyenas chase two blood dripping male lions away from a fresh kill, only
    themselves to be harried into submission by flocks of bombarding vultures?
    I have.  And it's one helluva lot cooler than PBS programming!

    Next stop Nairobi.  I've got some time to kill before flying to Egypt and I
    haven't decided what to do.  I'll finally be off the truck, but that means
    I'm going to have to start making decisions again too.  Climb Mount
    Kilamanjaro?  Take a bus to Uganda to see apes?