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Day 9: Kampala, Uganda – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 9 – The group are in disarray due to the news
about the gorilla permits.

Day 1: Nairobi, Kenya – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: This trip was three years in the making before
September 11th set things back another six months. The good news is the extra

Day 36: Dar Es Salaam to Iringa, Tanzania – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 36 – Natasha and Jason drop the bombshell that
they are deserting the truck. Our distraught tour leader wails ‘This is

India: Kerala – Hippies, Hikers, Hookahs and Harems

Hippies, Hikers, Hookahs and Harems: A sedate cruise through the Keralan backwaters,
the ‘Hugging Mother’ roadshow and a talented, fortune-telling parakeet

Day 37: Iringa, Tanzania to Chitimba, Malawi – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 37 – The group are excited by the prospect of
crossing into a new country, while Ed and Sue contemplate if they have a

Lilongwe to Blantyre via Zomba – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Sue discovers the etiquette for stowing your live
chicken aboard a Malawian bus, but she’s a little uncertain when it comes

Day 3: Crescent Island, Kenya – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 3 – The group go on their first excursion to
Crescent Island.

Cape Town, South Africa – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Coaxed up Table Mountain by the lure of chocolate,
Penny spent a sobering hour within the Langa township and caught the ferry

Day 34: Stone Town, Zanzibar Island to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania …

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 34 – The Village People were right – it’s fun
to stay at the YMCA!

Sri Lanka: West and South Coast – Hikkaduwa, Galle & Ambalangoda …

Hippies, Hikers, Hookahs and Harems: Squalid train travel, wailing blind beggars,
the baby milk scam and lolling on the beach. The Taylors finally make it