We have met many people through this expedition of ours, including fellow overlanders.
Here they are in order of us meeting + links to their blogs.
MARTIN + DEBBIE
Nationality: South African, but mostly Australian 😉
Vehicle: Defender
Route: UK via West Africa, and up the East to Kenya/Ug/Rwanda
Year: 2005
Link: Big Sky Adventures
RICHARD + SOPHIE
Nationality: Welsh + English
Vehicle: Mitsubishi Pajero
Route: Australia, Eastern Africa heading North
Year: 2013
Link: Morgan Safari
DOUGLAS + RUTH
Nationality: English
Vehicle: Land Cruiser 80 Series
Route: Australia, Eastern Africa, overjoyed by pregnancy, vowing to be back on the road to drive from Cape Town to Cairo!
Year: 2014
Link: Wombling Free
OLLY + LISA
Nationality: English + American
Vehicle: Defender
Route: Australia, Eastern Africa heading North
Year: 2012/13
Link: O And L Trip
JERONE + SONJA
Nationality: Dutchies
Vehicle: Land Cruiser Troop Carrier 1994
Route: South through Western Africa and North through Eastern Africa, with the idea to ship out of Sudan to Saudi Arabia to avoid Egypt
Year: 2013/14
Link: Travel Maniacs (Written in Dutch)
NICK + VICKS
Nationality: English + South African
Vehicle: Defender
Route: Western Africa
Year: 2010/11
Link: Langebaan Sunset
MARIUS + SUSAN
Nationality: Hawaiian + South African
Vehicle: Land Cruiser
Route: Southern and Eastern Africa
Year: 2014
Link: The Happy Cruisers
JASON + LIZA *CURRENTLY TRAVELLING*
Nationality: Australian
Vehicle: Land Cruiser Troop Carrier
Route: Southern and Eastern Africa. Possibly crossing the West.
Year: 2013/14
Link: Digidrift
SCOTT + TERESA O’KANE
Nationality: American
Vehicle: Defender 1973 Series III 109
Route: Eastern and Southern Africa looping around
Year: 2014
Link: Teresa O’Kane Blogspot
PHIL + FRANZI *CURRENTLY TRAVELLING*
Nationality: German
Vehicle: Defender
Route: Eastern Africa heading North, with the idea to ship from Djibouti to Saudi Arabia or Dubai to avoid Egypt
Year: 2014
Link: Unknown
SCOTT + HELENE
Nationality: English + Scottish
Vehicle: Defender
Year: 2014
Route: Eastern Africa heading North to Kenya
Link: Wear The Fox Hat
DUTCHIE DOCTORS
Nationality: Dutchies
Vehicle: Land Cruiser Troop Carrier painted black as it was first setup for driving in the snow.
Year: 2014
Route: Europe through Turkey, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South to Cape Town
Link: EAA Overland
ANNE’ + JAAN (JAANE’)
Nationality: German
Vehicle: Two BMW Motorbikes
Year: 2014
Route: Johannesburg via Cairo to Germany
Link: Jotters.de
ONLINE OVERLANDERS
We have also had contact with supportive overlanders online. Here are some of the links to the people and sites we have found most useful.
Clive + Tanya. Cat’s Itchy Feet. 2009/2013. Comprehensive around Africa travel notes.
Shara: Under African Skies. 2014. Awesome chick travels Africa solo, we just missed each other in Namibia on the D707
Stan + Marianne: Tin Can In Africa. 2012/13. Published an excellent budget report and blog. Awesome people!
Michael + Judy: Overland Walkabout. 2013/14. These guys have just crossed Egypt into Turkey on the new ferry system! The first to do so in a long while. Incredible people!
Margaret + Garrie + Chris + Diana. 2013. Look At Us In Africa. Campsites listed by country.
Mike + Bianca. Our African Footprint. 2012. Drove in from Saudi to Jordan, then a ferry to Egypt. They also travelled to a lot of off-the-beaten track National Parks.
Luke + Shell. Afrikerr. 2012. Around Africa shipped out of Egypt.
Chris + Jules. Osiyeza. 2013. Shipped Turkey to Egypt.
Michael, Haaris, Aaron + Antoine: 3 Guys In Africa. 2014. CT to Kenya.
Rowan + Max + Ian. Back My Wheels. 2014. We spotted this South African crew for a split second in traffic in Malawi. They are driving a BMW up to Europe through the East side of Africa. Lekker (awesome) daily blog, man.
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