Rob and Dee Overland in Africa 2014 – 10,000 miles – 4 months – 10 countries
Just a quick note to say we are waaay behind on the blog. We’ve been moving pretty steadily north. Now in Tanzania and the little GPS tracker thing in the right panel of the blog should be working now. In Blantyre, Malawi we stayed with friends of friends who are now our friends as well- … Read more
After the “small world” experience of running into our friends from Boulder, Colorado at the Swaziland border (look under the> Countries>Swaziland tab to read that post), we realized we were both going to be camping in Kruger Park at the same places for a few nights and arranged to share a brai (BBQ). The first … Read more
As soon as we entered Malawi our spirits improved. The corrupt Mozambique authorities were behind us. Even the customs helper was polite, well spoken and nicely dressed with a professional demeanor. He was the complete opposite of all the screaming pushy ones in Mozambique. He helped us get thru customs and when I gave him … Read more
Four days in Kruger National Park proved plenty so off to Zimbabwe. This is the country with the ruthless dictator/president. Mugabe is 90 yrs old and was reportedly good for the country in the 80s but has turned extreme in his grip on power and control and the economy and people have suffered. It felt … Read more
So varied. Changes in landscape, vegetation, vistas. And cultures as expressed by dress, manner, loads being carried by those along the roads. What an adventure. Went from South Africa to Mozambique, a border crossing, then 8 km over sand dunes to the coast. That was the main road to Ponta d’Ouro the laid back beach … Read more
Just a quick note to say we had an awesome time in Kruger National Park. Especially our night game drive where we saw leopards mating– 4 times in about 10 minutes — (could make some of us feel a bit inadequate); also saw lionesses with young, rhino, giraffe, three huge male lions, hippos, buffalo, rhinos, … Read more