Roughing it in Africa

Some thoughts on travelling in Africa:

• Camping isn't so bad. Most nights (to this point all but one, actually) have been spent at campsites that are well run, have running water (sometimes hot, sometimes not) and all have had a bar with cheap beer. So it isn't really roughing it.
• And it won't be all camping. In the next 4 weeks, I will spend 4 nights in a hotel on the beach in Zanzibar, 4 nights on a house boat in Zambia, some time at a resort on Lake Malawi and 4 nights in Victoria Falls.
• The roads are either good, bad, or not there at all. And surprisingly, when they are not there at all sometimes they are better than the bad roads.
• You accept the fact that your feet get dirty the instant you step outside, especially in the drier areas.
• The people are great. I have never seen more smiling faces, and when you see where they are living and smiling from, it reminds you that life is pretty good.