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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Routines and Rituals
Vic Falls, with its galleries, gardens and restaurants, was the cosmopolitan tourist capital of Zimbabwe. Greenery and cafès that were...
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...