The Namib Desert stretches for about 2000km along the coast of Angola, Namibia and South Africa and is the only true desert in southern Africa as well as most likely the oldest in the world. It contains the second largest sand dunes in the world which tower along the coast followed by gravel plains and […]
Spectacular coastline and beautiful highlands of Angola (May 2014)
A day after the start of the malaria treatment we said our goodbyes and thanks to Mario who had been an amazing host throughout our time in Lobito and headed off. We took the rough coastal route which was very beautiful and deserted. Our task for the day was to follow the trails of tomatoes a […]
Luanda, Lobito and Angolan hospitality (April-May 2014)
We spent about a week with Andrew, Christina and their lovely girl Savannah in Luanda before moving on. During that time we got a bit of an insight into living in this city away from the gated communities of expats including frequent power cuts and leaking water tanks. Luandas water front and its peninsula […]
Angola – we made it! (April 2014)
Driving the few kilometres to the Angolan border felt like hours. We were stuck in heavy truck traffic which crept up and down the hills on a muddy piste. Once in a while we were rewarded by views over the vast River Congo. The batteries of both of our vehicles had suffered from the […]
An Angolan enclave and into the Democratic Republic of Congo (April 2014)
The border crossing was a breeze on the Congolese side, we exchanged some money and entered the highly modern Angolan border complex. We did not really know where our passports went in between but eventually got them back already processed. Our tries of signing a vehicle insurance were a bit fruitless as we could […]
Troubles in Congo (April 2014)
A border post with a locked gate and no one but some chicken around is always a good sign. Things are being taken in a relaxed manner. After a few minutes a guy on a scooter arrived to fill all our information into a big book. Right next doors the same was done by another […]
Gabon – rainforest and Albert Schweitzer (April 2014)
In the morning we replaced a lost rubber at one of the Landy’s front shock absorbers which turned out to be far more complicated than on a Land Cruiser and required the use of an oil filter wrench. During that Jasmine prepared some pancakes with extra ants due to contaminated flour in memory of […]
The waterfalls and beaches of Cameroon (March-April 2014)
The following morning was spent once again on Bamenda’s delightful market where we haggled over plenty of fresh vegetables and freshly cut beef filet. Stocked up to the roof we drove south and descended for about 1000m on a pass after the former German mountain town of Dschang. For 40 series Land Cruiser enthusiasts […]
Exploring Cameroon’s fantastic Ring Road (March 2014)
Crossing into Cameroon was not the quickest of processes but eventually we were allowed to cross the bridge and head off on to the infamous piste from Ekok to Mamfe. Once the nightmare or highlight of many an overland trip to South Africa we found ourselves on a perfectly kept piste without any of […]
Nigeria – what a positive surprise! (March 2014)
Nigeria – the nightmare of all overlanders, how undeserved a reputation. Arriving on a brilliant new bitumen road at the border post Chikanda we were very thoroughly checked by the Beninese officials – a sign of the things to come on the other side? Not really as the whole border crossing process was very […]