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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 […]

WE MADE IT TO THE SERENGETI

  HELLO + WELCOME. It is, as always a great pleasure to have you here. It’s Gareth tapping away at the keyboard today and this post is of our time spent in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.     We made our way north in preparation for our time in the Serengeti and headed straight to […]

LIVINGSTONIA, SPIDER BITES + STAR TRAILS

  HELLO + WELCOME as always. It’s G here today carrying on from my last post on North Malawi.     We left Chitimba Camp and headed up into the Nyika foothills  to a scenic place called Livingstonia. A town founded by Scottish missionaries in the 19th century. A steep drive up a mountain through a series […]

NORTH MALAWI : A VIKING, COWS + CHEESY MOONS

      HELLO + WELCOME as we drive our trusty old Troopy from Sydney to London. Via East Africa. Yes that a long drive isn’t it. We spent a lot of time in Malawi. Met heaps of new friends, took plenty of photos, saw the cheesy coloured moon rise over the lake (again….we saw it […]

ZIMBABWE: OPEN FOR BUSINESS

        HELLO + WELCOME to Zimbabwe. It’s G here today sitting back in Malawi recollecting our time spent in Zim for all to hear about. This post will be followed up by an article that Kirst has written for the next edition of Pat Callinan’s 4×4 Adventures magazine. For now I am […]

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, […]

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 […]

WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT OUR RIG + SET UP

    HELLO + WELCOME as always. We are 80 or so days into the African leg of the expedition and all is going well. We started this life changer on the 22nd of March 2013. The car has been running smoothly (well apart from the overheating problems), we are both healthy and we are […]