We’ve just had an update from our website hosting provider and they confirm we’ve had over 9,700 separate people view our little blog and over 67,000 hits.
Wow. Shocked and stunned.

We know one or two diehard pals like Judith or Jack & Irene who check it regularly. And a few other friends who check in once in a while.
But, 9,700 different visitors!
There’s nothing we can say other than THANKS.

To those of you currently travelling in Africa, or planning a trip, we hope you’ve found it useful.

Throughout our own planning period, (and as we regularly changed our plans on the road) we found the blogs of other travellers really helpful.

Our blog was set up as a simple way of passing on some of our experiences and lessons learned.

We’re flattered that so many people have had a look and hope that some of you have managed to find at least something useful or entertaining in it!

One plea from us…
When we had our bags stolen in Uganda we also lost our journal of the last 2 years on the road. In it were MANY contact details of people we met as we travelled. If you get the chance, please send us your contact details again. There’s an email address for us at the top of the ‘Links & Contacts’ page of the blog.

We’d love to hear from you.

Also, apologies to anyone who has left a comment on one of our web pages / posts. For some reason we’re not being notified when these are posted and can’t reply to most of them.

We check the blog so rarely that it may seem like we’re ignoring the posts but, on the contrary, we love to hear from people while we’re away – suddenly getting an email or message after days / weeks without Internet really is a boost.

Anyway, to those of you we know who are reading this, we hope you’ve had a great Christmas and have a wonderful New Year. We hope to see you soon.

To the current overlanders and potential travellers amongst you, you guys know what the anticipation, planning, drama, apprehension, wonder and friendship we have experienced has been like. We hope you enjoy the ups and downs of your travels as much as we have so far.

To those few of you who operate the type of website that likes to try and hack into blogs to dump virus software…

…We hope your next shit’s a hedgehog.
Ho Ho Ho!