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Now here’s a familiar sight… Having dropped Muriel, Philip & Caroline at Livingstone airport for their flight back to Scotland, we just had time to get the car in to Nick Selby at Foleys Africa for the brakes to be … Continue reading
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Nanzhila seemed to be a hit with Philip, Caroline & Muriel, but the fairly gruelling trip to get there, the remote wilderness environment, the principle of being ‘far from help’ and the game wandering around the camp at all hours … Continue reading
All too soon we had to leave Hwange and head back to Victoria Falls. Just time for 1 last sundowner at the Ivory Lodge elephant hide. It’s pretty easy to lose a whole day there, watching the elephants, occasional giraffe, … Continue reading
We’ve had no wifi for 2 weeks so it’s been difficult to stay in touch. However, it’s been quite an eventful period all in all. Pals Judith & Tamsin arrived in Livingstone after a 15-hour delay to their flight from … Continue reading
I couldn’t get over how good the road was down through the centre of Tanzania. On our original entry, from Mbeya to Dar Es Salam it was appalling. Maybe I’d have to take back all my curses at Tanzanian roads … Continue reading
We’ve been pretty much stranded at Mwanza Yacht Club. The view may look like an expensive, shabby-chic area of the South of France… …but when you look closely, these guys aren’t paying $2m+ for some trendy old hillside cottage… Had … Continue reading
Leaving Rwanda we drove a scenic, beautifully tarred, 120km road to the Rusumo Falls border with Tanzania. Speed limits here are very low – typically 40kph and 60kph on occasional roads, so it’s still a 3 hour drive. We got … Continue reading
Although we’ve only had it 6 years, our Land Rover is now almost 20 years old. Apart from a few well documented repairs while we’ve been in Africa, it’s in what could (perhaps generously) be called ‘very original condition’. All … Continue reading
The patch we had put across the whole top of the tent bag Before we left the car in Entebbe had done a great job and there was no sign of damp or bugs. Unfortunately, the first time we opened … Continue reading
Where to start? Forgive us friends for we have sinned – no ‘confessions’, posts, or updates since Christmas. We’ve maintained radio-silence for a while because we left the car in Uganda and flew back to the UK for … Continue reading