My heart is heavy already as I will be leaving the southern hemisphere tomorrow. The last leg of my journey, Nairobi to Addis Ababa, from where I shall explore northern Ethiopia for a few days. And yes I’m proud – just over 6 weeks from Jo’burg to Mombasa by bus, matatu and train, then a flight to Nairobi.

And for the first half of this journey I had the wonderful company of Chimz – as here on a twenty-hour bus trip from Jo’burg to Bulawayo (including four hours at Beitbridge border).