A great start to 2012

Had lots of fun seeing in the New Year. Despite the fact we still had to go out driving at 5.30 am, a small group of us stayed up until 1 am to see 2012 in, with a mixture of Tequila and Champagne.  The whole camp had a group dinner outdoors around the swimming pool, and it was a beautiful cloudless night where the stars were shining, the frogs were humming and you are hundreds of kilometres from the nearest town. Truly superb – even magical.

The camp is a fun mixture of people – French, American, Mexican, Canadian and South African. Only myself and the South Africans lasted until midnight though – the others were sensible! There was a python on the path to the tents, which is rather disconcerting. But the locals says the pythons are fine – it’s the Black Mambas to avoid.

Felt slightly queasy this morning as driving around bumpy fields in a landcruiser at 6 am is not the recommended cure for a hangover.