A visit to Africa and some Indian Ocean islands,
October 1980. 

Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, then Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles.

Malawi On 3rd -4th October we flew Saudia to Jeddah, Kenyan Airlines to Nairobi and Air Malawi to Blantyre, Malawi ....
	We started at the Mount Soche hotel in Blantyre.
	In Blantyre - not the best name for a driving school!
	We hired a car and drove to the Zomba Plateau and from there to Lake Malawi, where we stayed at Club Makokola on the lake....
	...and took advantage of their copious mosquito nets!
Zimbabwe On the 9th we flew on Air Malawi to Salisbury (renamed Harare in 1982) the capital of Zimbabwe and stayed 4 nights ....
	In the immaculately-maintained Cecil Square, subsequently renamed African Unity Square.
	In Barbour's Coffee Shop on First Street, Salisbury.
	On the 11th we flew to Victoria Falls and back on Air Rhodesia. We visited the falls and had a tour to the Zimbabwe river.
	About to burst into song at Victoria Falls!
	And we stopped for tea at the historic Victoria Falls hotel.
	On the 13th -14th we got the overnight train to Bulawayo and looked round Bulawayo town, stopping for ice cream.

Botswana and South Africa We got the train on to Gaberone, Botswana where we stayed one night in the Holiday Inn.   On the 16th rather than continue on the train, we accepted the offer of a much quicker lift with Humphrey in his Citroen to Johannesburg, South Africa ....
	We visited 'Santarama Miniland' model village and the 'Dromedaris' tall ship.
	We found that apartheid works both ways when we tried to go for a ride on a blacks-only full-sized trolleybus and the driver was very reluctant to let us on board. He eventually let us get on but everyone seemed embarassed so we got off a couple of stops later. The trolleybus system closed in 1986 and apartheid was scrapped in 1990.
	We visited Johannesburg Lion Park where some of the residents didn't seem to like us being there ....
	.... but others were much more relaxed about it.

Mauritius On the 20th we flew to Mauritius on South African Airways and stayed 5 nights at Auberge Ile de France ....
	View from Augerge Ile de France.
	Mahe de Labourdonnais presiding over Place d'Armes in Port Louis.
	We hired a car and drove round the island, visiting Grand Baie, Arsenal and Fort Adelaide. It was washday in the river near Arsenal!
	Ox cart near Arsenal.
	Reunion Island On the 25th we flew to Reunion island on an Air Mauritius ‘Otter’ and stayed one night. Hired a car and visited the Salazie volcanic crater and the fort at Saint Denis.
	Seychelles We flew back to Mauritius, stayed one night and flew to the Seychelles on British Airways on the 27th.  Stayed for 6 nights at Casuarina Beach hotel near the airport on Mahe island.
	We went for a mini-moke drive round Mahe island. View across Victoria to St Anne island.
	The clock tower and main street in Victoria.
	We got the ferry to Praslin island and went on the Vallée de Mai nature trail.
	And we also visited La Digue island.