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A Dam Good End to Zimbabwe!
Harare had been a city of two halves – the surburbs being full of wide avenues lined with the stunning Flame trees and colonial houses, the city centre being a chaotic scrum of dangerous driving and run down industrial streets. We were congratulating ourselves on escaping after only six days. We were heading west for…
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Harare
Saddened by the unexpected loss of my diamond we drove quietly towards our campsite for the evening – a dairy farm owned by a lady called Debbie who welcomed overlanders to stay in her home without charging anything. As soon as we arrived she made us feel better. Her warm, smiling face and unquestioning welcome…
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A Memento for Zimbabwe
After a beautiful day driving through the Bunga Forest we decided to try and make it to the Chinamani Falls about an hour away. The smooth, tar road gave way to a dirt road and that dirt road became increasingly difficult to drive with deep ruts, slippery puddles and rocks. We started to worry that…
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Friendly Elephants, Ancient Ruins and Sticky Cake!
We were enjoying the Matopos Hills but the campsite and the roads were very run down so we decided not to hang around too long. The morning after our soggy dinner we started to make our way out and found ourselves crossing a dam over the river The roads were quite difficult and we bumped…
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Hwange National Park
We were pleased to be leaving the noise and mosquitoes of the busy tourist town of Victoria Falls behind us and headed a few hours down the road to Hwange National Park hoping for some peace and quiet. Hwange is one of Zimbabwe´s premium national parks with a reputation for being packed full of animals,…
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A Whole New World – Zimbabwe!
We had left Namibia and our farm hunt behind with breaking hearts but we had left it for a reason – much as we yearned to make our home there our first love was still travelling and if we couldn´t do both the choice had made itself clear before we had even realised it. We…
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Moving Forwards and Looking Back
After a much needed day taking a breather in Etosha we headed straight across to Grootfontein to visit our friends Theuyns and Thea. Winter was definitely behind us now, summer was slowly creeping up and with it the temperatures The thermometer in Henry hadn´t reached 50 degrees for almost a year and now we were…
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Interlude – Etosha Revisited
As we prepared to leave Namibia without having made any decisions on buying a farm we needed to clear our heads and get some perspective. And what better way to do that than to spend a day surrounded by beautiful, peaceful animals whose simple lives always make things feel a lot easier. We spent the…
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Testing Boundaries
Henry and I may have been feeling better physically but emotionally James and I were in turmoil. Our desire to live in Namibia and build a conservation reserve was extremely strong but so was our need to keep travelling – and everyone was telling us we couldn´t do both. Or maybe we could but it…
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Circles of Life
Do you ever feel like your life is going round in circles? I hate repetition and get bored very quickly without variety. For me, one of the best reasons to travel is because no two days are the same – most days you wake up in a different place, often a different country, with a…
The Sidetracked Sagas 