This is going to be attempt at recording our travels in our wild aim of driving the world overland. As we are both still working we will be doing it in “bites” Last year Australia, this year The southern part of Africa. Most will be done on an I pad – so please forgive spelling…
Well it was a big couple of days. The route the stupid, thick, dim woman at Chilo gave us turns out to be impossible to do. We were doing about 12- 20 km/hour on horrendous roads threading us across the river numerous times when we met another vehicle. (one of the approx. 5 we met…
This is a park in the extreme South East corner of Zimbabwe. One day to become one with the Kruger and Transfrontier Limpopo Park. Lovely night at Chilo Gorge lodge. Stunning views. Slightly, actually very, unnerved by her warning to watch out for snakes as the cobra were very active at the moment and we…
Kariba – Harare – Eastern highlands A bath was the highlight of Harare. Top to toe scrub showed me skin colour I had long forgotten. Harare a lovely, bustling busy first/second world town bathed in a purple haze of Jacaranda. Gave me the impression of being very similar to Johannesburg but a whole lot safer.…
We arrived at Kariba where despite my desperation for some hair conditioner ( at this stage I’d use paraffin if I thought it would help) and a nailbrush none were to be had. We stopped for diesel in Kariba (there was none) and discovered that the car was dead as a door nail. Battery been…
Mana Pools A slightly late arrival was a bit unnerving as we had been warned to be in our tent at sunset or very soon after if we had a fire. So, it was a quick raise of the tent, a bit of fiddling to get the car level, a bit of moving to decide…
We left our lovely hotel and headed off to Mlibizi. Not much in the way of road blocks any more. The bad old days of continual blocks requiring a bribe to get through have thankfully gone. Lauren told us a funny story form those days. Friends of theirs were stopped. An argument ensued about and…
Old Picture of Nixon, Hall, Baart children. We spent a long time in Bulawayo looking for diesel. 7 or 8 garages had none – finally a small independent had some and a small queue saw us filling up. We then spent a long time getting a sim card. Something that requires your passport, your address,…
Well – on the road again. After a short stop in Hong Kong, a restful stay at Johannesburg Country Club and an absolutely awesome weekend of “Year of 78” reunion we are in Zimbabwe. Johannesburg was restful and fun. Small incident that made us laugh was a trip to the hairdresser for Willy. He eschewed…
Last night was in the Khama Rhino sanctuary. A place that they have translocated a number of Rhino from South Africa for safe keeping in the light of the terrible poaching crisis.(1 Rhino every 8 hours) As part of the program they have chalets. Willy and I were given our key by a bored and…
Ok so now the teacher in me will out and I learnt about the Delta. It is formed through some fault lines that run down the length of it, and across the South of it, a continuation of the Great Rift Valley. This creates a basin. The summer rains in Angola drain into the Okavango…
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