Category: Africa

  • Testing Boundaries

    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…

  • Circles of Life

    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…

  • Helmeringhausen

    Helmeringhausen

    We had had enough of Landrovers! Henry´s gearbox and clutch were back in and apparently working well after a shakey start but he was now spewing oil everywhere. It could be a small problem, it could mean taking the whole gearbox off again and wasting even more time waiting for yet more parts. At this…

  • The Perils of Owning a Landrover

    The Perils of Owning a Landrover

    We are often told that we are in the lucky 0.1% of people who get to live their dream. And everyone who says it is absolutely right. But two weeks after arriving back in Namibia from the UK, our dream seemed to have become a nightmare. It´s not that having Henry´s gearbox fail was the…

  • The Highs and Lows of Life on the Road

    The Highs and Lows of Life on the Road

    Our last blog was a rollercoaster ride of excitement at finding a potential home in Namibia combined with being completely floored by what I thought was going to be a minor operation but is listed on the NHS website as a major operation and one which is renowned for being one of the most painful…

  • Planning a Future in Namibia

    Planning a Future in Namibia

    We were back! It felt like coming home after a month abroad and we were looking forward to settling in and visiting some friends. Our first day was taken up driving along the Angolan border from one border crossing to the next trying to find one which could sell us our Namibian road tax and…

  • Making Memories to Last a Lifetime

    Making Memories to Last a Lifetime

    We had been in Luanda for nine days. Visiting this city had been an exciting and uplifting experience with the chaos of its roads and the energy-sapping humidity matched only by the friendliness and generosity of its people. Strangely, one evening just before we left the city, we were sitting by the quayside when I…

  • Friendships in a Chaotic City

    Friendships in a Chaotic City

    After visiting the lovely Binga Falls we headed further inland along gorgeous mountain roads through sub-tropical rainforests between the towns of Sumbe and Gabela. We were heading for a coffee plantation high in the mountains south of Gabela but expected it to take a couple of days to get there. Everyone we had spoken to…

  • From Deserts to Waterfalls – Angola at its Best

    From Deserts to Waterfalls – Angola at its Best

    After almost risking Henry in the hands of someone who turned out to be less than reliable, we decided to play things safe from now on and enjoy Angola on our own terms. We were heading out of the coastal town of Namibe into the Iona National Park – a remote and isolated place which…

  • A Spectacular Angolan Adventure

    A Spectacular Angolan Adventure

    Despite a rough landing in Angola, after just one night our apprehensions had disappeared and we had already fallen in love with this amazing country. The plan was to travel north hugging the coast to the capital, Luanda, then head back south further inland chasing waterfalls and mountains. In all we had 30 days on…