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My home State Victoria (Australia) on 27 November just completed 28 days without any new COVID-19 cases or deaths and we now have no known active cases at all. It has been a very rocky long road to get to this stage and a very hard winter we lots of learnings and self reflection over the past 8 months.
Official Name: Republic of Botswana
Established: 30 September 1966
Population: 2,254,068 (2018 estimate)
Religion: 73% Christianity, 20% No religion, 6% Traditional faiths
Language(s): English, Setswana
Capital: Gaborone
Order of Visit: Sixty Sixth
First Visit: 28 December 2017
Last Visit: 07 January 2018
Duration: 9 Days
Visit Highlights: Chobe National Park; Water Safari, Dusk Game Drives, Bush Camping under the stars, Morning Game Drives, surviving elephant charge and a lion chasing my vehicle, observing massive pride of lions. Okavango Delta; Mokoro Canoe Ride, Walking Safari, Bush Camp, flight over the Delta, Bushman experience.
Places Visited: Chobe National Park, Ghanzi, Maun, Okavango Delta
Botswana Journal Entry
Official Name: Republic of Zambia
Established: 24 October 1964 (Leaving Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland)
Population: 17,351,708 (2018 estimate)
Religion: 95.5% Christianity
Language(s): English
Capital: Lusaka
Order of Visit: Sixty Fifth
First Visit: 24 December 2017
Last Visit: 28 December 2017
Duration: 5 Days
Visit Highlights: Elephants and baboons a South Luangwa campsite, Amazing game drive South Luangwa National Park, colourful and skilled wild dogs hunting, Victoria Falls (Zambia side), sunset on the Zambezi river
Places Visited: Livingstone, Lusaka, Petuake, South Luangwa
Zambia Journal Entry
Official Name: Republic of Malawi
Established: 6 July 1964 (Independence from the United Kingdom)
Population: 19,129,952 (2020 estimate)
Religion: 77.3% Christianity, 13.8% Islam
Language(s): English, Chewa
Capital: Lilongwe
Order of Visit: Sixty Four
First Visit: 21 December 2017
Last Visit: 24 December 2017
Duration: 4 Days
Visit Highlights: Lake Malawi coast, Sunrise over Chitimba Beach, Kande Beach Village visit, relaxing around Kande Beach
Places Visited: Chitimba Beach, Kande Beach
Malawi Journal Entry
Official Name: Republic of Zanzibar
Established: 10 December 1963 (Constitutional monarchy)
Population: 1,303,569 (2012 census)
Religion: 99% Islam
Language(s): Swahili, Arabic, English
Capital: Zanzibar City
Order of Visit: Sixty Third
First Visit: 19 December 2017
Last Visit: 16 December 2017
Duration: 4 Days
Visit Highlights: Spice Farm Tour, Slave Market, Exploring historic Stone Town and watching the sunset, Night Market, Swimming in Indian Ocean, Exploring Nungwi Beach
Places Visited: Nungwi Beach, Stone Town
Zanzibar Journal Entry
Official Name: United Republic of Tanzania
Established: 9 December 1961 (Independence from the United Kingdom)
Population: 56,313,438 (2018 estimate)
Religion: 61.4% Christianity, 35.2% Islam
Language(s): Swahili, English
Capital: Dodoma
Order of Visit: Sixty Two
First Visit: 10 December 2017
Last Visit: 21 December 2017
Duration: 10 Days
Visit Highlights: The landscape of the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha Culture Museum, Mikumi National Park, the stunning wildlife (hippos, lions, leopards, antelopes, elephants, rhinos, zebras and wildebeests).
Places Visited: Arusha, Dar Es Salaam, Iringa, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Tanga
Tanzania Journal Entry
Official Name: Republic of Rwanda
Established: 1 July 1962 (Independence from Belgium)
Population: 12,374,397 (2019 estimate)
Religion: 43.7% Catholic, 37.7% Protestant, 11.8% Seventh-day Adventists, 2% Muslim
Language(s): English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili
Capital: Kigali
Order of Visit: Sixty-First
First Visit: 04 December 2017
Last Visit: 04 December 2017
Duration: 1 Day
Visit Highlights: Kigali Genocide Memorial, visiting the ‘Hotel Rwanda’, Belgian Soldier Memorial
Places Visited: Kigali
Rwanda Journal Entry
Official Name: Republic of Uganda
Established: 1894 (Protectorate), 1962 (Independence)
Population: 42,729,036 (2018 estimate)
Religion: 84.4% Christianity, 13.7% Islam
Language(s): English, Swahili
Capital: Kampala
Order of Visit: Sixtieth
First Visit: 29 November 2017
Last Visit: 06 December 2017
Duration: 8 Days
Visit Highlights: Rafting on the Nile, visiting and watching Mountain Gorillas in the wild, standing on the Equator, visiting Little Angels School, hiking around and enjoying a boat ride across Lake Bunyoni
Places Visited: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Jinja, Kampala, Lake Bunyoni
Uganda Journal Entry
Official Name: Republic of Kenya
Established: 12 December 1963 (Independence from United Kingdom)
Population: 47,564,296 (2019 census)
Religion: 85% Christian, 11% Muslim
Language(s): English, Swahili
Capital: Nairobi
Order of Visit: Fifty-Nine
First Visit: 23 November 2017
Last Visit: 10 December 2017
Duration: 12 Days
Visit Highlights: David Sheldrick Elephant Refuge, Giraffe Centre Experience (Nairobi), Masai Mara culture experience, Balloon Safari across Masai Mara, Green mountain ranges of Kenya, Lake Nakuru Game Drive, East Africa Mission Orphanage visit, interacting with locals at Lake Naivasha, the wildlife, camping under the stars.
Places Visited: Eldoret, Lake Naivasha, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Nakuru
Kenya Journal Entries
Official Name: United Arab Emirates
Established: 1971
Population: 9,890,400 (2020 estimate)
Religion: Islam
Language: Arabic
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Order of Visit: Fifty-Eighth
First Visit: 23 November 2017
Last Visit: 23 November 2017
Duration: 1 Day
Visit Highlights: Chauffeur drive in a Mercedes Benz, the luxurious Dubai International Airport and Roda al Bustan Hotel.
Places Visited: Dubai
United Arab Emirates Journal Entry
