After a quiet night the only thing around as we packed down camp not long after sunrise was a troop of mischievous blue balled monkeys (we don’t know their name so that is a literal description). We kept an eye on them to make sure there was no snatch and grab of any of our … More Entering Kenya
We crossed the border bridge to enter Uganda and it was busier but still very quiet. Mainly though it was men in yellow vests wandering around, the vests identified them as being part of a money changing association. They seem to be individuals that are legitimately allowed to change money. The quietness were we later … More The pearl of Africa – Uganda
Our next destination was Kigali, the capital. Only around 110km away we knew it’d take us just over 2 hours so we didn’t rush to leave the hotel. We still passed on the breakfast in favour of our usual routine of eating our own on the road. Our vehicle got washed complimentary of the hotel … More Kigali – our first capital + border number 2
At the Rusomo crossing Rwanda and Tanzania operate joint one stop border posts. The border itself is the river. If going TZ->RW you cross the river and use that post, if coming the other way you cross the river and use the other post. We hadn’t had chance to refresh ourselves on what the border … More Crossing into Rwanda – and driving on the right
From Maputo there are a few of options to get to Johannesburg airport. Two of which go through Eswatini, our only question was which of these to take. To celebrate 50 years of independence, in April 2018 King Mswati III renamed Swaziland to Eswatini. The move was intended to signal a break with the colonial … More African Adventures: The final leg (and 1 last country)
“They’re not friendly in Mozambique,” “traffic police target foreigners, they’ll turn your vehicle over,” “everyone wants to make you pay”. These were some of the comments made to us before we crossed the border into Mozambique. We were already braced for it being the hardest country: they speak Portuguese not English, its a big country … More Chasing Sunrise: Who doesn’t crave a gravel road? (Mozambique)
Our destination for the day was Zomba; we wanted to visit it’s plateau and have a break from the heat in its cool mountain air. We started the day with Emma getting a haircut in the town before hitting the road. Initially the road followed the southern tip of the lake. We thought we’d easily … More Chasing Sunrise: Southern Malawi
Malawi is one of the smallest countries in Africa and usually features in the top 5 poorest countries in the world. It is also often dubbed the “warm heart of Africa,” as its people are known for being the friendliest in Africa. We got lost again leaving Zambia. Apparently going from a sealed road across … More Chasing Sunrise: To Lake Malawi
The Zambezi is Africa’s 4th longest river. Almost 2,700km long it flows through 6 countries; Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It spends the most amount of time in Zambia and forms the country’s border with Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Our route was taking us from Botswana to Zambia which meant we’d be crossing … More Chasing Sunrise: Crossing the Zambezi and admiring its power at Victoria Falls
We dragged ourselves away from Etosha around mid-morning and hit the road east. Our destination was Rundu at the base of Namibia’s finger. A solid 4 hour drive we’d also resolved to try and fix the major niggles with the 4WD given it wouldn’t be long until we’d be leaving Namibia. Getting low beam lights … More Chasing sunrise: Out of Namibia and into Botswana
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