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Last login: 12 days agoWombigino: Mark is a 23 year old single guy from London, England, UK.; Likes 8,445 pages, 505 videos, 796 photos • 66 fans • Received 7 reviews; Member since Nov 16, 2005

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Africa - Part 1 & MarkSteele.co.nz: Aug 6, 2:36am 1 review travel, africa, backpacking
http://marksteele.co.nz/2008/07/04/africa-part-1/; From the page: "Having donned my ever fashionable eye mask, bright yellow ear plugs and inflatable travel pillow I drifted off in to an uncomfortable sleep only to be roused sometime after by an angry militant sporting a Russian machine gun. After kicking us all of the bus, blearly eyed at 4 o'clock in the morning, we were given not one, but two rough friskings on the road side by the Ugandan police"

Africa - Part 2 & MarkSteele.co.nz: Aug 6, 2:34am 1 review travel, africa, backpacking
http://marksteele.co.nz/2008/07/17/africa-part-2/; From the page: "I smell. My clothes are covered in dirt. I haven't shaved in over a month and my beard is caked in grime and dust. Life in Africa is a dirty business. Tony, Wendy, Michael and I, have been on tour with Absolute Africa for the past 25 days, the last week of which we spent on safari in the Masai Mara in Kenya and the Serengeti in Tanzania."

Africa - Part 3 & MarkSteele.co.nz: Aug 6, 2:32am 1 review travel, africa, backpacking
http://marksteele.co.nz/2008/08/04/africa-part-3/; From the page: "After a very enjoyable, but largely uneventful five nights in Kendwa we went south to Stone Town, which perhaps would be more aptly named "Stoner Town". During our few nights there we were constantly approached by muscular black men trying to flog football shirts, crappy CDs of naff African music and then in hushed tones "marijuana, mary-jane, hashish?"

Africa - Part 4 & MarkSteele.co.nz: Aug 6, 2:31am 1 review travel, africa, backpacking
http://marksteele.co.nz/2008/08/06/africa-part-4/; From the page: "Transport has always been an interesting adventure since arriving on the African continent. Our trip to the Malawi border, like so many other journeys since we've been here, was bursting with people. Our 14 seater bus was crammed full with 25 sweaty people plus luggage, babies and sacks of god-knows-what filling every square inch of interior space, bouncing over the uneven, potholed roads providing us all with the teeth chattering, bone shuddering experience known affectionately as an "African massage". Time estimates are, shall we say, relaxed. Supposedly two hour journeys take five and departure times are likewise irrelevant - we waited 17 hours in Dar Es Salaam for our train to Mbeya to arrive."