HELLO + WELCOME as we make our way from Sydney to London via Africa. In this post we tell our story of crossing the Mediterranean from Egypt to Turkey. It’s Kirsty writing today. The journey aboard a ship from Egypt to Turkey was a bit of a mystery and we weren’t sure […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, across Africa! It’s Kirsty writing today. It was time to get down to the business of getting ourselves and the Troopy across Africa. After a bazillion attempted contacts we had found out that a ship was moving in and out of […]
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 […]
HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, across Africa. In this post we leave off from northern Egypt and reach the very top of Africa. It’s Kirsty writing today. Let’s go. In northern Egypt it felt like we had already left Africa behind. We stayed a night in Hurghada and […]
HELLO + WELCOME as we attempt to drive from Sydney to London, via Africa. It’s Kirsty writing today about overlanding Egypt and seeing the ocean for the first time since South Africa. While sweating buckets in Luxor and seeing more antiquities than either of us had the patience for, we spent our […]
HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London via Africa. In this post I write about overlanding through Egypt in a time of crisis in the country. Since the revolution tourism revenue has fallen by 95% over the past 4 years. Tourism is becoming a four letter word to locals and the industry is […]
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 […]