Swaziland was a bit of a revelation to us! I don’t know what we were really expecting but we were quite surprised at how ‘civilised’ the country is. The landscape is mountainous and beautiful – I think we expected that … Continue reading
Back in Lilongwe, both Woodlands Lodge (where we camped, stranded, in front of their main entrance last year) and MA Motors both remembered us (more particularly they remembered Trigger’s Broom) as we pulled up at their doors. They must have … Continue reading
We had intended to stay up at Chitimba for only a couple of weeks over Xmas & New Year but, what with one thing and another we ended up staying around 6 weeks. To Ed & Carmen’s credit, they tried … Continue reading
I’m sooo far behind on our blog. Sorry. Anyway, between their windscreen drama, ATM trips to get cash and Florence’s infected cuts to knees and hands (from a morning jogging fall), Frans & Florence were having the sort of fun … Continue reading
Blistering hot at Bridge Camp. So hot that we actually had to sleep half out the rooftent, with our heads on the roof-rack just to stop ourselves melting. Back to normal form, we had the place to ourselves, other than … Continue reading
Preparing to head back to Zambia, we had started to get our frame of mind out of the cosy lifestyle of the UK and back into the flexible, patient, tolerant, frustration-proof, complex but simpler mindset we would need for living … Continue reading
A lineup of some of the best looking overland vehicles in Africa… and our donkey. We’ve temporarily left our (t)rusty steed with Nick Selby of Foley’s Africa in Livingstone. It’s amazing how much stuff we had crammed into nooks and … Continue reading
…are knackered. They’re Sebago Docksiders, almost 16 years old. They have been fantastically comfortable shoes. They’ve been soaked (often hanging off boats) in The Pacific, Atlantic & Indian; drenched in The Mediterranean, North, Caribbean, Red, Arabian & South China Seas; … Continue reading
It was disappointing to leave S Luangwa, even in the rain… …but we set out 380km to Bridge Camp further down the Luangwa River for a quick overnight stop before heading the remaining 300km to Lusaka. There has been tremendous … Continue reading
It’s still very dry in Malawi. The rains are at least 6 weeks late and people who have planted the maize and cassava that they will live on this year are becoming quite worried. Most of the population here still … Continue reading