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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 10: Kampala to Jinja, Uganda – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 10 – The trucks are no longer running in
parallel as one group sets off for the gorilla trek and the other onto Jinja.

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

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

Nkhata Bay to Mzuzu, Malawi – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: After leaving the truck, Sue and Ed have to come
to grips with taking local transport. But Sue feels like she’s seen more of

Day 35: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 35 – Not everyone in the group are overjoyed
at being reunited on the truck as it does not take long for reality to set

Day 23: Nairobi, Kenya to Arusha, Tanzania – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Day 23 – Three truck mates leave in Nairobi and
three new truck mates replace them.

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

Gweru, Zimbabwe – Big Brother’s African Brother

Big Brother’s African Brother: Tom metamorphises into Joy Adamson as he walks
with lions in the bush, while Sue investigates why Zimbabwean men are