Rob and Dee Overland in Africa 2014 – 10,000 miles – 4 months – 10 countries
We’ve spent the last 3 days in Arusha, Tanzania getting the brakes on the truck re-done, balancing and aligning the tires, oil change, etc. Tomorrow we head off to Serengeti Park hoping to have timed our trip to see the migration of over 1 million wildebeests and zebra as they head north into Kenya. The … 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
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
We stopped at Tembe Elephant Park for a quick look. The park is only open to 10 vehicles a day and all must be 4 wheel drive. As soon as we got in the park we saw a sign that said to put it in 4WD here. Tembe like all the parks that have lion … Read more
As every Floridian knows the United States has alligators. Here in Africa they have Nile Crocodiles. The two look may similar but the crocs are MUCH MUCH larger and way more ferocious. Last week I went into a car parts store looking for a cigarette lighter plug I could attach directly to the truck battery … Read more