Tag Archives: Travel

INSIDE THE RIG

  HELLO + WELCOME. You guys have asked for some more pics of inside our rig. I took these images today and as you can see, everything is holding up real well after such a long time on the road. Enjoy!     :: A view from the ‘lounge’ to the front of the seats. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]