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…
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Kisii, Kenya to the Equator
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…
Goodbye Serengeti, Karibu Kenya
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…
Our Equipment
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 @ Kabuku, Tanzania
“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…
Usisiya bay, Malawi & on into Tanzania
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…
Zambia into Lilongwe, Malawi
Mama Rula was the name of the camp that we stayed at on our last night in Zambia. It is just outside the city of Chipata, which is close the Malawian border. We knew we would be getting in late as the time in Lusaka with the Land Rover crowd had chewed up travel time. …
Lusaka travelling East to Chipata, Zambia
Eureka ! We had found a campsite and the campsite was actually called Eureka! We found what we thought was a great spot to set up our tent and relax. While braaiing the engineers in us found a way to suspend the chicken just the right height above the fire, as only engineers can do….
Caprivi to Livingstone, Zambia
It rained almost the whole night letting up at around 5am in the morning which led to a magnificent sunrise. The cold showers rectified our foggy heads from last night’s Tequila binge. A quick coffee and tea and the leftover vetkoek we had bought on the side of the road the day before and we…
Windhoek and further North
In Windhoek we stayed at the Urban Camp which is across the road from the famous Joes Pub. Which we visited of course. Interestingly we were warned not to walk back to the camp in the dark even though it was just 500 meters. And I thought South Africa was dangerous. The WiFi at Joes…