So that‘s it. I‘ll have a shuttle to the airport at 1 am. My flight to Istanbul leaves at 4:20 am and I will be back in Germany tomorrow afternoon. I very much look forward to seeing my wife and my kids again. At the same time, today, when the car was washed and the…

Ahh the rain has stopped.  Last night was our last night of camping as we plan to move to Nairobi and the Hotel Ole Sereni today.   But as usual before bustling off we had to go check out the waterfall that was close by and Stefan wanted to have a swim in the river. We…

We left the Adventist sports field early, 06:30, with the dean coming to say his farewells.  Very nice of him and we wished him well for his sports day. We drove for about 2 hours until we reached fields and field of tea plantations.  We found a secluded spot and stopped to make tea and…

Man oh man Serengeti is amazing.  I have never ever seen so many zebras in one place.  Maybe close on 500 to 600 in a herd.   Buffalo in separate herds of a 1000 each and wildebeest even more.  It is a phenomenon that is unique to Serengeti.  Everywhere you look there are these animals and…

Migombani was a glamorous campsite with Golf-course grade grass, spectacular views and an infinity pool overlooking lake Manyara. The sky was clear that night, affording impressive views of the stars, and we played with long time exposure photography on our cameras while we were having a few beers. We had cooked the rest of our…

Our vehicle is a 2015 Land Rover Discovery HSE, diesel, with 100 000 km on the clock. No mods have been done to the engine or the drive train.  The spare wheel has been removed from under the car and replaced with an 80 litre auxiliary tank (front runner) which takes our total fuel capacity…

“Ongee Sambili” – “2 more please” (beer) in Swahili, Oh man its 8pm at night and once again due to overstaying our welcome (which we loved) with brother Marcus there was no way we could reach our goal, Lushoto, and arrive at a reasonable time.  I used to doubt the navi but when it says…

Karibuni. Welcome. We arrived at Mikumi in the early afternoon and checked into the Tan-Swiss lodge campsite. We set up our tent quickly and I chatted to Josef, the Swiss owner, before going for a relaxing swim in the pool. Josef is from the Muotathal and used to work for Pilatus, a Swiss plane manufacturer…

T is for Tanzania, which is the country we are in now, and it is also for Trucks , Tuk tuks, touts and turnarounds, but I will tell you about that a bit later.  First let me update you on the last part of our journey in Malawi. On Monday afternoon we made an appointment…

From Lilongwe, we first drove north on the M1 towards Kasungu, then cut across east on the M18 to get to the lake. The vegetation had become very tropical, with many banana trees and tall grass. The eastbound leg led us through the Nkhotokota Game Reserve, a beautiful stretch of tropical forest with elephant and buffalo. Unfortunately,…