Up with dawn we continued our journey north. Taking the much longer but more scenic route to Etosha National Park meant we had a very long driving day ahead. The vast expanse of moon-like desert changed as we entered the northern part of Namib-Naukluft National Park, it turned hilly, but not raised hills, the only … More Chasing Sunrise: Etosha National Park
Our 2 hour fight from Cape Town to Windhoek, Namibia landed early. Immigration was also a speedy affair. We were pleased as it was late. We’d booked a guest house the day before and through them organised a taxi transfer. It was expensive but there are a lot of dodgy taxis in Windhoek so it’s … More Chasing sunrise: Part 1 Namibia – Visiting Sossusvlei
When we think of South Africa we think of Cape Town. While this trip we’re using South Africa as a transit hub we didn’t want to pass through without making it to Cape Town. When we arrived in Cape Town our new friend Benjamin dropped us at our hostel. It’s an expensive city so even … More Kicking back in Cape Town
It was 5:30pm when we got back to Antsirabe for the final time. The cheap hotel we’d stayed at previously had a room again. Patrick offered to take us to a restaurant since we’d had lunch on the go. He told us he can’t cook and when we asked about his wife he said she … More Veloma Madagascar
The landscape and way of life again constantly changed as we headed south to Ranomafana. Like in Tana there is quite a bit of brick making taking place on the outskirts of Antsirabe. Sprinter vans, minivans and cars mingle with Zebu pulling carts, hand carts and bicycles. Bicycles, of the old school gearless style are … More Looking for lemurs – Ranomafana National Park
A big smile greeted us at Antananarivo (Tana) airport. We immediately liked Patrick our driver. We had no idea how long he’d been waiting in the sun in the crowd of people outside the exit yet he was still smiling. Immigration formalities were easy, we’d applied for an online visa on arrival and got an … More God made trees so beautiful the devil wanted to be able to see, so he turned them upside down – Avenue of Baobab Trees
Getting to Madagascar was a mission. Despite only being 3 hours from Johannesburg the flights are expensive. Air Madagascar was the cheaper of our 2 options (South African Airways being the other). Less than 2 weeks before we were due to fly Air Madagascar cancelled our outbound flight and moved us to their next which … More I like to move it move it – Madagascar
A landlocked island within South Africa, Lesotho (Le-Soo-Too) is known as an adventure travel destination. That in itself is usually enough to signal it’s probably our kind of place, but when Marie saw it described as “The Tibet of Africa,” it was a done deal. It was on the wish list. A country the size … More Lesotho – taking the opportunity for a whistle stop visit
