Category: Southern Africa

  • Hwange National Park

    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,…

  • A Whole New World – Zimbabwe!

    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…

  • Moving Forwards and Looking Back

    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…

  • Interlude – Etosha Revisited

    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…

  • 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…