One Life: No pan stand required The day approached to pack up to leave on our world adventure. My mind wandered, as it often does, to the life I was leaving behind and the experience that awaited ahead. I realised it was, of course, the same life. The only change was how I was choosing to live it. I looked at my neat row of pans, hanging orderly, purposely placed...
Lake Tekapo and its awesomeness So, New Zealand, we are learning, has some awesome sights. And I mean awesome in the genuine understanding of the term. Not OMG, this sandwich is awesome. It may be truly tasty, but it’s not awesome. The landscape in New Zealand is awesome – it does indeed inspire awe. But, but when visiting Lake Tekapo – see here… I...
Kenya: we arrived excitedly… Kenya, all was not well in the safari camp. Really not. So, having arrived in Nairobi full of excitement for the month ahead in East Africa to visit Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zanzibar… we found ourselves stranded in Nairobi airport by our local Kenyan travel company. First, you wait. Then you wonder. Then you realize...
“Remember in your first letter to me from Death Row, you told me you were going on hunger strike” “Yes, and you told me I had to live to fight to be free” “And here we are nearly 30 years on sharing a bowl of chips!” I started writing to Dan nearly 30 years ago when he was a political prisoner on death row...
Border Crossing in Botswana: think about it when planning Border crossing planning when driving through Africa. Planning for Botswana turned out to be more complicated than first expected (though entirely worth the effort). I pretty much planned a route on Google Map to get from A (South Africa) to B (Namibia) crossing Botswana on the way. To discover, A to B...
World Travel Planning: How much is this adventure going to cost us? … And where are we going to get the money? When budget planning for an around the world trip, the big question is how much will it all cost? Initially, working out a budget was the most challenging part of the planning. Bearing in mind, as described in our About Us page, this is Generation X...
Botswana Botswana Driving through Botswana, you get the sense that you are the outsider. Not threateningly. You are the alien to the otherwise preserved and balanced way of life. Animals and man seem to have it just right. And here you are, speeding along in your tin can that appears to have no place here. That said, the locals welcome your odd arrival. Children run...
Will a lion eat me? As we prepared to set off for our camping adventure in Botswana from South Africa, I returned to thinking of the question that kept me awake an entire night back home in London. Would a lion eat me? Firstly, I worked through the logistics of this scenario, step by step, in my mind. Okay, so first, get in the tent on top of the van, yes...
The Dilemma Landscape photographers and travellers all over the world have probably seen an image taken from Deadvlei. Most without knowing where on earth it is. Well, it’s in Namibia. Stuck 60km from the closest campsite or lodge, down a road going into the desert . It’s so much of an iconic site people come from all over the world just to visit it...
Life on the road: how far we have we come So, as we say adieu to yet another country, I’m thinking back on the first six months of our journey. And wow, what a trip. I guess the unexpected events like – night squid fishing on Halong Bay in Vietnam. Attending an opium ceremony in India and trying to imagine how these elders ever sort any of the village’s...