Every time I write a blog I want to say how much has changed, life changes constantly throughout EyeOnAfrica and in the last few weeks life has changed a lot, again.  Since the last blog we have gone from the remote bush with elephants sneaking up on us to the massive city of Johannesburg.  I can¹t explain how different South Africa is from the rest of Africa. But I can explain how we got from the bush to the city.  The cycling in Botswana was mundane and boring the roads where flat and straight and cycling along a flat straight road gives you the illusion of achieving nothing.  The scenery never changes so it feels like you aren¹t going anywhere.  We crossed into South Africa at a place called Martin¹s Drift on Easter Sunday.  Like home Easter Monday traffic was very busy, so busy that we were pulled over twice ...

Back on Nkhata bay when we met 2 fantastic girls, Sarah and Helen. When they descovered we would soon be travelling down the same road a few days after them, they decided to set up the 'tat trail' a series of packages for us to collect from hotel and hostels along the way. These ranged from a tub of toss (washing powder, honestly) and deoderant (i think they were trying to say something) to phone numbers of a couple of nurses! the climax of the ...

Hey everyone,

I thought I’d give you a quick update on how the leg is doing.  It actually became a bit touch and go for a while.  The day after my last blog my lower leg began to expand with my foot showing the worse signs of swelling.  I wasn’t sure what was happening but knew it wasn’t a good sign so decided to return to the hospital.  I went to see another doctor, who seemed to know slightly more, he was quite concerned and decided that I should see a specialist immediately.  So I went to see the specialist whom was very concerned and I mean very concerned, so concerned that it really shock me up.  He decided that I not only needed another minor operation, which he did straight away, but I needed to stay in the hospital for 2-3 days on an IV drip of antibiotics.  I ...