Category: Africa

  • Sarajevo in the Snow

    Sarajevo in the Snow

    We were fuming. We had spent nearly two months running the gauntlet of the chaotic Italian roads and come out of it unscathed only to have a lorry take out our wing mirror on a quiet road in Bosnia. Whilst we could still drive with a broken mirror it was far from ideal so we…

  • Reflections on Africa

    Reflections on Africa

    Whenever we flew from Africa to the UK to visit our friends and family there was always a strong sense of being disjointed, almost fractured. The two worlds are so entirely different that it is hard to reconcile them. As we travelled to the airport in either direction it seemed incomprehensible that we would be…

  • A Farewell to Africa

    A Farewell to Africa

    We had driven nearly 5,000km from Kenya to Namibia and, after a wonderful few days with our friends Theuns and Thea, had finally arrived in Windhoek –  a city that had become so familiar it was like being home. At Urban Camp we were welcomed back with open arms and made to feel as though…

  • The Road Home

    The Road Home

    With the UniMog safely at South Cave Tractors and the habitation box under construction, there was only one thing left for us to do – get to Namibia and meet our flights back to the UK to start work. We had been on the road non-stop for just over a week, driving an average of…

  • The Serengeti

    The Serengeti

    The Serengeti Plains – one of the last true natural wonders on earth. Famed for the world´s greatest mammal migration but also home to the highest concentration of animals species anywhere in the world. The incredible diversity and abundance of wildlife here is breathtaking. But beyond all that, its sheer scale is staggering. It is…

  • A Familiar Road Trip

    A Familiar Road Trip

    So now you know everything. The last six months of our lives had not just been full of African travels, they had also been full of UniMogs. In our last African post we left you with me in tears feeling like the world was coming to an end because we were not just leaving Africa…

  • An Apocolypse of the Mind

    An Apocolypse of the Mind

    In our attempts to keep away from the protests currently rocking Kenya, we had ended up right in the middle of them Surrounded by fire, protestors and the military, we were seriously shaken The young men who had surrounded Henry appeared to be genuinely trying to help us but with tensions high it wouldn´t take…

  • Fire and Brimstone

    Fire and Brimstone

    The Masai lands of the Shompole Conservancy were an untouched paradise. We had spent just over a day there with our fabulous guide Joseph and were settling into the simple life with enthusiasm We drove behind Joseph on his motorbike but whilst parts of the landscape were beautiful with flowing yellow grasses Other parts were…

  • The Real Out of Africa

    The Real Out of Africa

    Nairobi is, apparently, one of the greenest cities in Africa. It has a lot of public forests as well as the Nairobi National Park. I am also told that it is great for shopping, arts and culture, restaurants and night life. Kenya´s capital city is also nick-named Nai-robbery and is a hot-bed of violence and…

  • The Beginning of the End?

    The Beginning of the End?

    We had seen Shoebills and hot springs, Gorillas and crater lakes. We had gone from the bustling capital city of Kampala to the serene swamps of Entebbe via the equator. Uganda is a remarkable country and we were lapping it up. We could have stayed for months but time was ticking on and we had…