We crossed into the DRC at Matadi. It was Sunday and a sunny day with vendors selling their wares. We were directed by the police to park and I went with the officials to have our passports stamped while Tom went back to the car to search for our Yellow Fever vaccination certificates, the first [...]
Our objective on this our second visit to Namibia, was to explore the Northern reaches of this stunning country. For many years the stunning vistas of Kaokaland were not accessible to the average person due to the bush war which was being waged on the Border with Angola. With the war now over we could wander freely [...]
We crossed into Botswana and headed for Kasane in the North east of Botswana. We did not plan to spend much time in Botswana as we had visited Botswana before on our Cape to Cairo trip but we did want to enter Zimbabwe through the Kazungula border. The journey would take us 3 days to [...]
We experienced little glitch at Heathrow airport when checking in to catch our flight to Cape Town. All UK airports only allow one piece of hand luggage regardless of the airline. We arrived laden with luggage, coats and jacket pockets bulging, sweat pouring off as we had so much clothing on. Time to rearrange the [...]
