Category Archives: Africa Overland

OUR AFRICA OVERLAND STATISTICS

  HELLO + WELCOME to a special post where we wrap up our Africa overland statistics. It’s a bit of fun for us to look back over the stats and think about the journey. Let’s go!…     AFRICA OVERLAND ROUTE   :: From South Africa to the top of Egypt. We then shipped out […]

CROSSING AFRICA

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London across Africa.   Today brings a very special post as we write the story of crossing Africa by car! It’s Kirsty writing today – with Gareth chiming in.     After nine months driving the length of Africa we were about to drive to […]

OVERLANDING OUT OF AFRICA

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, across Africa! It’s Kirsty writing today… as we have a crack at overlanding out of Africa.   If you haven’t read our prior posts; I suggest you start here and here. And if you are new to our corner of the web, start here. OK. […]

IT’S THE JOURNEY, NOT THE DESTINATION

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, via the length of the African continent. It’s Kirsty writing today.         Today was the day we would reach the top of Africa (!!!!!!!) … and sort arrangements to get to Europe.   Port Said was our last stop. At first […]

FIRE BOMBS AND A DAYLIGHT SHOOTING IN ASWAN – PART 1

  HELLO + WELCOME as always. In this post we make it to the land of the pharaohs. Egypt! It’s Gareth writing today. Egypt had never been on my list of ‘must travel’ countries.  Egypt didn’t excite me. Sure it has the pyramids, the Valley of the Kings and lots of other historic attractions but […]

THE FERRY FROM SUDAN TO EGYPT

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, overland across Africa. It’s Kirsty here and today I’m writing about taking the ferry from Sudan to Egypt, one of the most memorable days in Africa.     6AM. Ferry day had arrived! We had been in Wadi Halfa waiting for this day and the […]

WHEN GARETH BECAME AN HONORARY WOMAN FOR THE DAY

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa. It’s Kirsty writing today. Let’s go…     We arrived in Wadi Halfa our final port of call in Sudan or a blisteringly hot day. Which is to say it felt like any other day in Sudan. Our fixer for the ferry […]

MARSABIT to MOYALE

    HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London across Africa. If you are new to our site, you are most welcome. It is Gareth here today and I wanted to to share with you our time in Northern Kenya on a notorious stretch of road from Marsabit to Moyale – a […]