And from Kabbubu, Nairobi, Mombasa and Zanzibar...

Sunset on Lake Victoria

Nairobi train station

"We took one look at the hotel...."

Zanzibar

The night market in Stone Town

The beaches of east Zanzibar

Best of the rest...

Well, seeing as we're enjoying some time back at home with friends and family, I thought I'd take the opportunity - while John's not looking - to post a selection of photos that I liked but somehow didn't quite make it onto the blog.
This lot are from Namibia and South Africa, another lot from east Africa will follow....

Henry

(Yes, those really are the latest rainfall figures.)

A view from Dune 45 near Sossusvlei

After a long day's work under the Namibian sun...

... and moon.

Some friendly visitors to the PAWS site

Spitzkoppe mountain

Seal colony at Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast

Into Etosha National Park

Halali waterhole...

... with an evening visitor.

On top of the world at Table Mountain, Cape Town

About Time

Heading home

We told the owner of the Zanzibar beach bungalow we'd be leaving after breakfast, about 8-ish?  He told us the bus to town left a few times an hour, pretty regular-ish.  At the port, the ferry was due to depart mid afternoon; it set off half four-ish.

So it was a bit of a shock at the airport the next morning to be reminded that the gate would close at 0815, departure due at 0835, estimated time of arrival 1545.  After so long on African time, we'd be flying back to Greenwich Mean Time.

But after nine glorious, endless, timeless weeks, we now have friends and family to spend our time with.  And, yes, it is about time.

John