Did I ever tell you about the time we went to the Galapagos? I had always wanted to go, having been brought up on David Attenborough’s trips on the BBC when I was growing up; it turns out I had no real understanding of just how big an area it was, or how rich in …
Continue reading "The Galapagos"It’s a cliché but our blog ground to a halt once we got back from our latest travel stint. Life, studies, work, selling our apartment and moving to the country all got in the way but we are determined to get it up and running again so that we can finish writing about 2018, write some …
Continue reading "Ecuador: it’s more than just the Galapagos…"Leaving behind Africa to discover a new continent, we shifted gears and prepared ourselves for South America. Our plan was to start at the top and wind our way down through as many countries as we could. Other than this, our itinerary was loose, and our expectations were mixed. There were so many bucket list …
Continue reading "Colombia"We could have written about Tanzania in a single post, but we decided to separate this part out as it is a little bit special; due to the incredible animal sightings we would experience along the way, we really felt that this was one of our bucket list destinations! The last part of our African adventure began …
Continue reading "The Serengeti, Tarangire National Park; and the Ngorongoro Crater"Tanzania – Dar es Salam Flying into Dar es Salam from Blantyre (Malawi), we were curious to find out more about this new country. We did not know what to expect; it was Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan), which we hoped might add to the experience – and we weren’t disappointed. Despite its initial ramshackle appearance …
Continue reading "Tanzania: Dar es Salam & Zanzibar"Malawi: Lake Malawi & Zomba Malawi was a country that we intended to visit for a few days, which gradually became a few weeks; I say gradually, as nothing happens quickly in Malawi, except perhaps your falling in love with it. They call it the warm heart of Africa and we couldn’t agree more, despite it …
Continue reading "Malawi: Lake Malawi, Liwonde, & Zomba"Zimbabwe is a country that hasn’t had the best press over the past few years and you may have heard of it for all the wrong reasons. However despite its ongoing hardships, it is definitely worth dipping your toe into this beautiful country and a good place to start is a trip to what is …
Continue reading "Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls"Ghanzi As we entered Botswana, via the Kalahari Desert, we were treated to THE most welcoming border crossing ever. From getting accommodation advice from the lady at the immigration desk (complete with instructions of how to get there!), to the head of the border post getting on board our truck after we had crossed to …
Continue reading "Botswana: The Okavango Delta, by canoe and plane; and Chobe National Park!"Highlights • Fish River Canyon. • Sesriem Canyon & Namib-Naukluft Desert. • Dune 45, Sossusvlei & Deadvlei. • Swakopmund. • The Skeleton Coast. • Khorixas. • The Himba Tribe. • Etosha National Park. • Windhoek. We left Cape Town stopping for a look back at Table Mountain from across Table Bay, and headed North toward …
Continue reading "Namibia: The Skeleton Coast, Sand Dunes, and Safari"For the next part of our trip we decided to join an overland tour, we thought it would help us to get our African adventure going with a little hand-holding; to prepare us for some solo journeying later on. We had researched travelling up through Namibia with a hire car, but with some warnings about …
Continue reading "An Overland Tour: Cape Town to Victoria Falls"
