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Bedlam and Beaches in Mozambique
Back in the 70's and 80's Mozambique wasn't in a good way. Having granted the country it's independence, the Portuguese dropped...
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Backtracking
The unfortunate part of finishing anything back where you started, is that at some point there's a likelihood you'll be retracing your...
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In deNile
We hit our tenth country, 9 months on the road and the most northern point of our adventure in Uganda. Apart from being a milestone,...
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DR Congo & Rwandan Greens
Whenever something of interest or excitement appears in pictures, on print or is overheard in a good story, it gets jotted down for later...
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Onwards!
Safari finished, we boarded a bus back to Dar es Salaam. The 14 hour public transport trip was to end with another stay at the lovely...
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Big Names & Big Five
A fortnight parked under palm trees left Landy deflated. Although she hadn't actually been abandoned, she obviously felt it and...
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The holiday from the holiday
Crossing a border into a new country can sometimes be a little profound. In the case of Tanzania there was a definite correlation between...
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Mama Malawi
The road from Katete to Mfue was dotted with villages. Lots of thatched roofs and rendered walls arranged around corrals and huge mango...
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Routines and Rituals
Vic Falls, with its galleries, gardens and restaurants, was the cosmopolitan tourist capital of Zimbabwe. Greenery and cafès that were...
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A lap of the stone country
Hiking trails, ice-cold streams and the old-world glamour of Nyanga (in the form of Mr Rhodes' summer house, where we lounged on the...