Off to Asia via Abu Dhabi
This is our 4th big trip together. Big being a trip of more than a month. Our previous trips are our Africa Overland trip, the Indian sub-continent backpacking trip and the second Overland trip into [...]
Angola Trip Report
After a lovely two weeks on the farm we set off North again. We picked up Marleen from the airport two days ago and spend the previous day packing in. On the last night on [...]
Day 28 – 31: Khwai to Maun
The wind was blowing like crazy again when we woke up, so we were slow to start. By 09:00 we went to the reception to ask about the roads. We wanted to drive back to [...]
Day 26 -27: Maun to Khwai
We manage to leave Sedia at around 09:00 and made a quick stop at the Shell to buy a bread. From there we headed north to Mababe. As we've come accustomed to the gravel road [...]
Day 24 – 25: Gweta to Maun
The road from Gweta to Maun is all tar, but for the first section to the vet fence it was full of pot holes. We could dodge, most of them, but then suddenly out of [...]
Day 23: Lekhubu Island to Gweta
Just as we were the first to arrive at the island we were the last to leave as well. We took the road to Gweta which is marked as ‘very bad road’ on Tracks4Africa. That [...]
Day 22: Orapa to Lekhubu Island
We left at around 09:00 and set off to Lekhubu Island via Mmatshumo where the island reception is and the tar road ends. The gravel road was fairly bad again, but we made good time [...]
Day 21: CKGR to Orapa
We exited CKGR at 09:45 at the Matswere Gate. The road to Rakops were more of the usual bad roads. In Rakops we thought we’d find a shop to restock, but we didn’t really find [...]
Day 19 – 20: Xade to Deception Pan
We had the usual tea with rusks to wake up, surprisingly we still have rusks left. Without buying any we got a massive supply from all three pairs of parents. And after tea we had [...]