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Crossing the border back into Tanzania almost felt like coming home.  There was lots of banter in Swahili, lots of chit chat and ‘welcome back’ that made us feel a little warm and fuzzy inside…     Over the 140 days it took us to drive 17,607 clicks, through 8 countries, we were stopped by […]

Our New Years was quiet – we spent it in Mzuzu, at Maconda camp, where we were in bed by 10:00PM.  The next morning, we had heard we had narrowly missed a disaster, minutes after midnight, when one of the ‘firework rockets’ had some malfunction, and launched itself into the small crowd of 15 +

‘Go on a boat safari!’ They said   ‘It will be fun!’ They said   If we ever ask you to join us on a boating safari, given our track record, if your happy with your life the way it is – the correct answer should be: NO!   The boat safari was scheduled for

As Europeans, with our hearts in Africa, it is impossible to simply drive across the continent, and not reflect on just how lucky and privileged we are to be on this road trip.   In Europe we have the mental headspace to think about our hopes, our dreams and our aspirations.  We are encouraged to

Mozambique was a short-lived treat.  Three days of air-conditioners, swimming pools, good company and good food – we lived like Kings.    We were told that Malawi was expensive and were advised to do a big shop whilst here, which was much needed, as the variety in Zim, was a little lacking.  One supermarket had

Every now and then, when in deepest darkest Africa, you find yourself in a situation where you are going to a place, to catch the ‘on-demand-ferry’, to get to a National Park.  We heard about this option from the owners of the Maabwe campsite, who gave us simple directions and simple instructions – and this

The crossing into Zimbabwe was easy – almost 30 minutes exactly! It would have been shorter had we not been asked, by the most enthusiastic Botswanan we have met to date, to fill out a questionnaire regarding our tourism experience in Botswana. We didn’t have the heart to tell him that we felt (very generally

We had an amazing safari through Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe National park.  We experienced all the emotions from highs to lows, from Oh shits to Oh wows.      The Highs. Before heading out on our Botswana safari, some people told us there was nothing to be seen at Moremi & Chobe.  It was

The border crossing into Botswana was easy breezy – took us 38 minutes to be exact.  We checked out, checked in, paid for the car, and that was it – they were done with us. It was such smooth sailing that we got suspicious…so after checking, and double checking, that we did indeed make all

I’m sure most of you have seen the iconic photo of Dead Vlei (in Sossusvlei) which lies 60 clicks west of Sessriem.  Its where a bright blue cloudless sky, meets the deep red sand dunes, meets the white salt pans. And then for extra drama – the silhouette of a dead tree.  Simply said –