Tag Archives: Africa

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 […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 40}

    HELLO + WELCOME as we drive ourselves from Sydney to London, via Africa. It’s Kirsty here, today. And I am so GOD-DAMN-HAPPY to write this Wrap Up. Lately we have been pretty relaxed with the website. It felt right to step back – while we were busy with the actual travelling it takes […]

GORILLAS IN RWANDA

  HELLO + WELCOME as we make our way from Sydney to London, via Africa. This would have to be one of the most enjoyable posts I have written so far. I’m excited to share our experience of tracking gorillas in Rwanda. It’s Gareth here today.       We rocked up to the Rwandan […]

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 […]

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 […]

A BUSTED LANDCRUISER : PART 1

  HELLO + WELCOME  as we drive our trusty old Landcruiser from Sydney to London, via Africa. It’s Gareth typing today and if you are new here, you are most welcome.     So, there we are driving through one of the most famous National Parks in the World.  After leaving a small side track searching […]

WHAT WOULD WE HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY ON OUR RIG + SET-UP?

    HELLO + WELCOME to a long-awaited post on our rig. We have been receiving a LOT of questions about our set-up. Last week we posted about the gear we love and today we post about what we could have done differently. Take it away Gareth…     First things first, we love our rig and set-up. Overall we […]

A WALK WITH THE HIMBA PEOPLE

  HELLO + WELCOME. It’s G here today sitting back on the banks on the Okavango River, re-living our time with the Himba people. Kirst and I visited a village in the far north Kunene region of Namibia. I want to share this with you because I have always found these people so fascinating and think […]

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 […]