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Still more rain. We met up with Ben, a German chap who’s been across India, Nepal, Tibet and into China on his trusty old KTM. He came in via Libya (somehow got a ‘Business Visa’ and crossed into western Egypt … Continue reading
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Whitey called… “You’re a lucky guy Scott. We all thought the turbo had blown, but we took it apart and it seems fine.” That was good news – the best price we’d had from Land Rover in Gabarone was 32,000 … Continue reading
We left Kruger by the Phalaborwa gate and headed west. It was strange to be on main roads again. Despite them being quiet, for the first couple of hours the speed was almost un-nerving (55mph / 80kph!!). Driving through villages … Continue reading
The back of the Mercedes 4×4 behind us was a write-off. It had been hit by a truck at about 30mph after the queue of traffic we were in stopped; I stopped; the guy in the Merc behind me stopped; … Continue reading
Absolute bloody lunatic drivers on the big inland loop road from Port St John to Port Edward! Lovely countryside, but we couldn’t see much of it most of the time due to heavy fog and rain. That doesn’t stop the … Continue reading
We left Addo for Graaf Reinet about 350km inland – the first 50 being along the Sundays River valley which is swathed in huge Orange and lemon plantations. Odd that everyone says don’t go near elephants with citrus since they’ll … Continue reading
New Year was spent in the Wilderness. Not wandering around, dazed and confused in some ethereal, mystic dream-like state, trying to ‘find ourselves‘. Wilderness is a small coastal town on the Garden Route with a pleasant, quiet campsite on the … Continue reading
Christmas was spent camped at a water-sports resort but, since we’ve not had Internet for a couple of weeks, I’ll back-track a little. We had left the Kalahari (Kgalagadi, as it’s been locally known for many generations) looking for a … Continue reading
The desert roads south of Sossusvlei are almost as dramatic as the dunes themselves. For about 200km there are desert landscapes on one side of the track and mountain ranges on the other. I can’t think of anywhere else I’ve … Continue reading
We’d got some suspension problems and put some requests for advice up onto ‘The HUBB’ and ‘The 4×4 Community’ forums. It’s fantastic how fast these guys respond with helpful information. In 24 hours we got a dozen responses, recommending 3 … Continue reading