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Entering Tanzania

  HELLO + WELCOME  as we drive from Sydney to London, overland via Africa. Right now we are 14-months on the road. In this post we enter Tanzania after blissing out in Malawi for weeks on end. It’s Kirsty writing today.     Driving into Tanzania was a shock to the system. It was our […]

Hiking in Malawi and Carpark Camping

  HELLO + WELCOME to our adventure as we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa. It’s Kirsty here today with more of our travels from hiking in Malawi and finding a few very different places to park off.     It had been a long time in between hiking sessions and when we neared […]

Southern Malawi

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, via the East Coast of Africa. It’s Kirsty here today with our travels from Southern Malawi.     After lapping up the luxury of Pumulani in Lake Malawi National Park we drove towards the country’s less visited southern parks and reserves. On the way […]

ZAMBIA INTO MALAWI

    HELLO + WELCOME as we make our way from Sydney to London, overland. Our last post followed our journey driving around Zimbabwe, from there we headed into Zambia and Malawi. It’s Kirsty writing today.     We had a few urgent things to get done in Zambia. ONE: A new battery, as the […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 38}

HELLO + WELCOME guys! We thought it was about time to do a WRAP UP of whats happening. Since our  first Wrap Up in Africa we have travelled 19 000+ kms and we are just about to hit our 5th month in the continent. All up we have driven across Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, […]

Later, Botswana

HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London via Africa. Our latest story comes from a wet and dirty time in Botswana. It’s Kirsty behind the keyboard today. G is still drying off.     Crossing into Botswana felt like a big shift in the flow of the trip for us. We spent […]

INTO NAMIBIA WE GO

    As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below.     We entered Namibia through the Kalahari Desert at Mata Mata border post. Even though we crossed borders when we dipped into Lesotho, as […]

KALAHARI DESERT {Part 2: !XAUS}

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below. In our most recent blog post we wrote about entering the Kalahari, here we write about our experience as we headed deeper into the park. Fresh […]

KALAHARI DESERT {Part 1: Kgalagadi Lodge}

    If you think of the Kalahari Desert, what comes to mind? For Gareth and I it brings visions of heat, lions and sandy dunes. Two of these were waiting for us as we headed towards the park.     Our story begins in Uppington in South Africa. We waited it out here for […]

CAPE TOWN, BABY! + HEADING NORTH

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below.     The coast road towards Cape Town, named the Garden Route, is one of country’s most popular tourism attractions … it’s like the gods of South […]