Leaving South Luwanga, I arrived in the town of Chipata around 6:00am, about 20km from the border. Normally, this would be a pretty good time to get a shared taxi or bus to the border, but being in complete travel…
A week in Zambia
Following Victoria Falls and jumping off of the tour, I had originally planned to spend a couple of weeks in Zimbabwe, en route to Malawi. Unfortunately, the situation in Zimbabwe had deteriorated dramatically, with major food shortages, 19 hour rolling…
Falling down rapids in Vic Falls
After Chobe National Park in Botswana, we headed to the border to cross into Zimbabwe. Really early. Like 4:30am wake up call. We wanted to be the first ones at the border in order to lower the chance of having…
Bliss in Botswana
All photos in this post are from Dave who joined our tour in Windhoek- check out his work at @BRTNphotography on Instagram. Thanks Dave and fellow Canadians for the photos and supplies! From Windhoek and Namibia, we crossed another easy…
Desert Roads in Namibia
After kayaking down the Orange River which straddles South Africa and Namibia, my overland tour and I crossed over the river and the border, entering Namibia. The border crossing was easy, and most of us didn’t require visas, which is…
In which I join a group tour….West Coast of South Africa
In which I go against my travel nature and join a group tour for three weeks. In all of my years of travel, I have never done a group tour. I have done day tours, of course, and the odd…
Hiking on the Garden Route of South Africa
After Alysson left from Capetown, I headed to another hostel for one night, where I pretty much rested all day and had a very early night. Two weeks of wine tasting takes its toll! I had an open ended Baz…
Back to Cape Town
Feeling refreshed after our night at the hot springs, we headed to a winery for lunch before heading back to Cape Town. I think we managed 8 or 9 wineries in our time in South Africa, which is fairly impressive…
Cape Town
After finally arriving in Cape Town, albeit without my bags, again, I had a day before my friend (and former roommate) arrived for two weeks. As my bag was coming that night, or the next day, I didn’t bother going…
Transit adventures- Sri Lanka to South Africa
Indian visa in hand, I boarded my flight to Mumbai without any incidents. I had a hotel booked that was about a 10 minute walk to the airport, so I ignored all the taxi touts and started on my way.…