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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A Crash Landing in Angola
We left Windhoek with much excitement and more than a few nerves. After over a year in the easy and familiar countries of Southern Africa we were looking forward to a new challenge. We were also looking forward to doing something that didn´t include animal spotting! But how would we cope after so much time…
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The Caprivi Strip and Beyond
After two months we had left Botswana and found ourselves back in Namibia – we were beginning to feel as though the country was pulling us back every time we tried to leave! But this was a completely different part of the country. The Caprivi Strip is a long finger of land protruding from ´main…
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The Majesty of the Chobe River
We had been heading north into the Okavango Delta and Chobe, the parts of Botswana that are world renowned for animals, and we had not been disappointed. In fact, we were beginning to think that a few less elephants would be a bit of a relief having had a couple of close encounters. We drove…
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Chasing Elephants in the Okavango
After two relaxing but sweltering days at Kubu Island we packed Henry up and headed back north towards Nata to replenish stocks then carry on up to the Elephant Sands campsite. This campsite seemed to be quite well known amongst the Overlanding community – everyone says there are elephants everywhere and it´s amazing. Given its…
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Mud and Floods in the Desert
We were back in Botswana after 3 weeks in South Africa. Pretoria had been useful and a complete change of pace for a while but we were glad to be back on the road. We stayed two nights in Gabarone in order to allow ourselves time to book the rest of our Botswana campsites in…
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Three Weeks in the Wilds of Pretoria!
Those of you who have read our South African posts, particularly ´Reflections on Leaving South Africa´, will know that we have confused and entirely opposing feelings about this country. And those of you who have visited it yourselves will, no doubt, absolutely understand the conundrum. It is at once a stunningly beautiful, friendly, easy and…
The Sidetracked Sagas 