After Mozambique and the infamous river crossing, we spent a few weeks in Tanzania.
First stop was Dar Es Salaam from where we spent a few days on Zanzibar just in time for the monthly Full Moon Party…I’ll spare you these images.
We celebrated with the Irish Crew we had previously met in Zimbabwe on [...]
no we’re not dead….just unable to find a proper connection to upload pictures…
we are now in Rwanda, after crossing Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
We should be heading over DRC in the next couple days to see the gorillas. More details soon….
There are only 3 ways to cross from Northern Mozambique to Tanzania.
The brand new bridge at Congresso, on the edge of Lake Malawi.
From the coast, it would take at least 2-3 days to back track and reach that border crossing.
I don’t know the condition of the roads in that area but based on [...]
Mix together a strong Portuguese heritage, 20 years of communist/socialism followed by 20 years of civil war with pratically no development, stunning coast line and unchanged cities and you get some of the ingredients that compose Mozambique today.
We drove from Northern Malawi across to Cuemba, then Nampala and reached the coast at Ilha de Mozambique. [...]
Marc and I had two goals when coming to Malawi – diving and hiking the highest summit (Sapitwa) in the region.
We reached Lake Malawi a day after leaving Lilongwe where we spent the night in yet another typical African city backpacker/overlander place – I can’t remember the name right now as they all begin to [...]
One more country over…snif…we are now in Malawi after spending about 10 days in Zambia. We would have loved to see more of it but unfortunately we must press on a little bit as we need to reach Kenya/Uganda in August to meet our friends.
Zambia will be defined by 2 things for us – [...]
As usual, not a day passes by without bringing its share of excitment…and Zimbabwe was no exception.
After Vic Falls, we headed down to Bulawayo down south, then across to Harare and then back up to Mana Pools.
The road to Bulawayo gave us the chance to pay our first bribe…To our complete surprise, Zimbabwe (and Zambia) [...]
another country, another surprise…
Zimbabwe is nothing like I had expected. Considering the political and economical crisis of the last recent years, I was a bit worried about coming here.
To my surprise, I quickly felt in love with this country. You can easily see how much it has suffered over the last few years. [...]
Another day, another adventure…
Refusing to give up on the Magdikadi pans, Marc and I headed to Gweta yesterday night.
In the morning, after talking to a few people it sounded like it could be possible to get to the edge of the pan despite of the heavy rain of the previous week.
Apparently [...]
well, I think I died and went straight to the Land Cruiser/Land Rover overlanders paradise.
It’s unbelievable around here. We meet 4×4 travelers from all over on a daily basis.
But more later on this when I can upload the pictures….
We are now in Maun, in the middle of Botswana, right at the edge of the [...]