Rob and Dee Overland in Africa 2014 – 10,000 miles – 4 months – 10 countries
We realize that there are many folks out there reading our blog to assist them in planning their own trips- with that in mind I have prepared a series of posts with the type of nitty-gritty detail that will help others intent on their own adventures. I have placed this series under the pre departure … Read more
We spent the last few days driving on remote and very bad dirt back roads in the highlands of Tanzania. We passed a few local buses and very heavily overloaded trucks- some broken down in the road with flat tires or cracked axels from the rough roads, but not one other tourist car. The villages … 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
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