Aug 25, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Van Zyls Pass today!!! We are a little nervous as this has been rated as the hardest pass in Africa due to remoteness and how hard the track actually is. I had been in contact with Dawid from the pajero club who had been through 2 days before us, and he said he would...
Aug 24, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Van zyls bound!! We’re getting close but nervous. We bail camp by 8:20am. The flies. 1 hour later we near Okongwati and roll through town collecting a few little supplies, well, sugar and onions as that is all that is available. Although Asareh lucks out and spots fat...
Aug 23, 2019 | Africa, Featured
7AM the monkeys have gotten into our dishes. Noise noise noise. They were even taking my cutlery out of its window holder and jumping all over the awning. Clearly having a great time on their new playground. The hungover humans are not overly impressed. We start the...
Aug 21, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Waking up around 830, we are in no real rush today as we only have a short drive to Epupa. It takes us till 11 to get moving. 3 hour drive is ahead of us. The road has been upgraded over the years to the anger of a few travellers as now anyone can use it which causes...
Aug 20, 2019 | Africa, Featured
We start the day negotiating a washout and picking a wheel up. Good road to begin on and wake up to. Shortly we find a turn off and head towards what should lead us to the highway? We will find out. Pushing on we come across a dry rocky area, a horse slowly walks...
Aug 19, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Day 40 on the road, This has been great so far. We pack up as 2 locals walk past camp, I ask to confirm that this track does in fact meet back up with the highway. It does so we continue on, We hit the highway for a small amount then head back into the dirt to make...
Aug 18, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Eggs on toast followed by a cold shower, Lets roll. Pack up and were off. We hit the pavement, I put the foot down, then promptly begin braking, we have hit our 300 meter quota of black top for the day and hit the gravel again. Packing up On route Cleaned up nicely...
Aug 17, 2019 | Africa, Featured
In order to pay it back for the night, we do breakfast. 2 coffees later and a shower we are packed up and almost ready to hit the road, but first the owners grandpa has to show us his workshop. Now this place is cool, not only is it organized, but he has a WW1 german...
Aug 16, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Making our way for a quick stock up we head out hunting for a solar panel, no luck. I was hoping to take some stress of the battery while parked up for longer amounts of time. Back in SA I will take care of this issue. But we did nab a headlamp for the bathroom at...
Aug 15, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Up and molecule. Today is the cleaning day, the wagon has filled with dust over time and the tent needs a sweep out. We have access to laundry here so we get right to it stripping the tent empty and Asareh gets to test the 12V vacuum I bought. It actually works...
Aug 14, 2019 | Africa, Featured
A day at the local museum, there is so much cool stuff to see. A good way to stay busy. The curator is a 3rd generation German who gives me some history on the tractor out front and some of the info on mines around the area, very copper rich. They also have a ton of...
Aug 13, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Waking up to a beautiful sunrise or a poorly parked car, take your pick. Lol. We skip brekky and pull back onto the main road. We take a minute to stretch a bit while the tyres air back up. It takes about 2-3 minutes a tyre to go from 12 to 45psi. so very happy with...
Aug 12, 2019 | Africa, Featured
We wake up to a stunning sunrise over the open grasslands, complete with animals slowly making there way to the waterhole for a drink. We pack up the camp which takes about 30 minutes including dishes, very happy with that speed as that is not rushing. Soft sand With...
Aug 11, 2019 | Africa, Featured
This place is way too nice to rush out of. Sitting till noon is not a problem. Eggs on toast and the locals come down to wash their clothes. A few even arrive by old fashioned dugout canoe. Very cool. The coffee goes down well with feet in the water and shortly after...
Aug 10, 2019 | Africa, Featured
We have once again pre packed the night before for a quick escape in the morning, We have some big miles to cover today as we think we only have 14 days. Asareh has made a fruit salad. A quick stop in town to get sim cards and fuel. We finally make an exit around 12....
Aug 9, 2019 | Africa, Featured
The pot holes that is. I wake up early with the familiar beeping noise from the inside of the wagon.. ahh the fridge has finally gone into low power mode. But we have been sitting for 6 days now with no real driving so I am happy with the length of time it did run off...
Aug 7, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Livingstone continued Day 4: We pack up the wagon and enjoy breakfast, and as usual I get questioned about my fake plates while packing. There not, but super unusual for the locals to see ones without numbers. We make our way into town and Asareh goes and sorts her...
Aug 4, 2019 | Africa, Featured
These 2 blogs will cover a 6 day period in Livingstone, as we checked out Victoria falls and surrounds. Waking up we head to a fantastic breakfast then quickly hop in the wagon and head for Vic falls. We figure we will hike boiling pot first and get the hard...
Aug 3, 2019 | Africa, Featured
This phrase is how you cross into Zambia. You have been warned. A side note, you have to be firm with the people as they will push push push. the second and third time I crossed the border they remembered the vehicle and I had zero hassle. I start the day with...
Aug 2, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Because its funny to say and Kasane’s In Sight With just enough hot water for a shower we pack and motor on. We had plans to drive hunters road but due to work we decided we need connection and power onto Kasane. The road here is nice, 120 the whole way, a few ellies...
