PANAMA: THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD

So, here we are in Panama, a country known for hats, flags-of-convenience, money-laundering, Colonel Noriega, the Darien Gap and…oh yes, that rather amazing canal. At some 77 kilometres long, the canal cuts through the isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific and is a major conduit for international maritime trade. France began work […]

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Land Rovers in Paradise (Belize)

Yeah we get a little excited when we see these old Landy’s still trudging alone down here in Belize. As an old Military outpost the country of Belize was full of  them many years ago, now they are getting harder to find and prices for a good used one have been going up. The old […]

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Bushrepair in Quito (Jkes)

We komen met onze defecte Defender bij een onafhankelijk Land Rover garage terecht. Erg behulpzaam bekijken ze onmiddellijk het probleem. Helaas wordt er vastgesteld dat het de hoofdversnellingsbak is en niet de transferbak. Jammer natuurlijk daar ze voor deze laatste alle onderdelen nieuw hebben liggen en van de hoofdbak geen enkel stuk verkrijgbaar is. Het […]

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Police checks and detours …

Day 22 – L: So last night was a bit strange as there are 2 dogs that stay here permanently in the house next to our campsite. Just after midnight they went crazy and barked for ages with the owners shining torches down from their double-storey house in every direction. We never saw anyone to […]

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Paradise lost

All good things have to come to an end , and today is that day , I left Flatdogs this morning where everybody knows your name , hippos and elephants pass through reception and monkeys steal your breakfast in the blink of an eye , what a great place . What I loved about it was […]

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Latitude: 0° 0′ 0″

Latitude 0° 0′ 0″ right on the equator…. Longitude 78° 27′ 8″ Lousy rainy weather and a terrible double bus trip… A real tourist trap, but I just had to make a photo standing on the equator. Although I have crossed […]

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Long Way Home...

More miles and more fuel. We are almost exactly following the route we did going west coming back east. So its not exactly interesting. We did manage to see the missile in the silo we missed last time as the gate was closed. You know when we went to the Minuteman thing. We are staying in the same car parks and driving the same boring road. The highway i90 isn’t the best road in the world and rather like Ruta 3 in Argentina. This time however its [...]

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Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua was once the capital of Guatemala, and held that honor for more than 200 years. And since the city is nearly 500 years old, the name Antigua (which means ancient) seems fitting. The city was once filled with grandiose… Read More ›

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Our Paws Take A Pause: Costa Rica Pt. III

Victoria and Jason had promised me that some beach time was ahead, but first we had to finish crossing Cerro de la Muerte. They said the Pacific Ocean and the sandy goodness that I love so much was somewhere close by, but it sure didn’t seem that way. We spent our next morning on my [...]

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Mystras, Peloponnese, Greece 1/2014

Leaving Olympia we were headed south to Sparta via Mystras. It was raining. Coming down a long hill overlooking the large perfectly shaped bay towards Pylos, we passed a sign: “Nestor’s Palace”. It suddenly dawned on us that this was “THE King NESTOR” who is mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey. Gary had just finished reading about […]

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Voukefalas

Voukefalas is a Honda HRV, a 2004 make vehicle that have been tested and proven itself to me as a trusted travel partner through Africa and the Middle East .
Voukefalas or Bucephalas  was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous actual horses of antiquity. Ancient accounts state that Bucephalus died after the Battle of the [...]

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Family beach trip

Our next AirBnB guest was set to stay through memorial day weekend…what better chance to get away.   So far we’ve been really pleased with how the AirBnB experiment is working out for us. We open our place up an entire month on the site, and once someone books a …

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Ahhhh Zhaaambia the gentle

On my last night in Namibia what I thought would be peaceful  night with a good nights sleep changed dramatically when a group of around 6 tiger fishermen rolled into camp . With the magical wand of brandy and Jagermeister turned what was meant to be an early night into having to wait until early the next morning to fall asleep […]

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Out trip so far

Our trip so far: We have been traveling around Southern Africa since September 2013. Our initial trip was a success with a bit of a learning curve about life living on the road. We managed game drives in Kruger Park, boat trips through the Blyde River Canyon, camping under a baobab tree in the Makgadikgadi […]

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THE BATTLE OF CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (1741)

‘It’s merely a flesh wound!’ There was definitely something of Monty Python’s Black Knight in Admiral Blas de Lezo (1688-1741). In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, whilst guarding what he perceives to be a strategically placed plank of wood leading over a stream, the Black Knight looses his arms and legs in […]

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Sossusvlei to Dead Vlei

L: Last night’s sunset was amazing at Lapa Lange. I am just sitting on the grassy bank of the little pond, thinking how privileged I am. Steve is in the lounge doing the admin on the computer, but nothing could keep me from watching the sun set with giraffe, eland, kudu calves, ducks, coot, fish […]

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Burnt Orange followed by liquorice and lime .

The last couple of days in Swakopmund were a real treat with her farewell to me  a glorious sunset , my  toast to her a glass of  robust red to take the chill out of the sea breeze , while I watched the last rays of light jump off the edge of the world.     What is it with us […]

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Ecuador

Na ons stranddagje staat ons besluit vast. We vertrekken naar Ecuador. Na een lange dag rit en een erg trage grensovergang rijden we het land van de evenaar binnen. Het klimaat is hier warm en vochtig en de natuur overweldigend groen en gevarieerd. We trekken richting Podocarpus Nationaal park maar overnachten eerst nog ergens onderweg […]

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Travel Info

In any overland trip the Expenses of the Vehicle is almost 60% of your Budget . An accurate monitor of this cost can save you from running out of money or finishing your trip earlier than expected.I have below a list of the factors that have to be monitored and calculated in the most accurate [...]

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Lindiwhat?!

Lynn in a kayak? What does that even mean? LINDIKHAYA means, “take care of your home”, not “your mother-in-law in a dodgy floating apparatus”… It is a first name in Xhosa – Rolihlahla ‘Madiba’ Mandela’s tongue – one of the wonderfully melodic Bantu languages of South Africa (pronunciation tips). Lindikhaya came into this world the […]

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Emma’s Africa

          Whilst one half of this drive writes from the Northern Hemisphere, the other half will begin writing from the Southern. This logistically, is challenging. I’m not sure how we got from an idea, which was frankly just another one of my big plans, to it actually becoming real. We really […]

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Delphi, Greece 1/2014

This is an introduction to Greek Mythology. There will be a short quiz when we leave Greece and Zeus will be watching you! Leaving our peaceful overnight camp at the small fishing village of Monastiraki, we drove to Delphi, the most important Ancient Greek site of Oracles. If you glance at a map of Greece, […]

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Wander with me! Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Alita and Colby we enjoyed meeting you all today in Placencia, hope to see you all out there soon. Safe travels through Belize and the rest of your journey, CAOE (Ninja team). Angela, Tammy, Scott and Bernard. Please follow along the wander team as they make their way to Argentina: http://www.wanderwith.me   Please follow along […]

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Up to Epupa Falls and beyond …..

Day 19 – L: I forgot to mention that there was a croc on the rock behind Steve in the photo at the Kunene River at Camp Syncro, see if you can spot it. Also,the next day the river was up by about half a meter, apparently they open the gates to regulate the water […]

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How I Found My Passion In Life

Since I’ve been back in London I’ve been ke […]

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15 Things You Never Want To See On Your GPS

Now we’ve done a lot of off roading, in Africa the easiest way to reach a destination may not be direct, it could involve a couple river crossings, or consist of driving through some dried up riverbeds, well you get the point. We’ve encountered a few disturbing messages on our GPS throughout our travels that […]

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Lounging Around

Our excitement at the Traffic Department was short lived. So much so that by the next morning all our hopes faded and we quickly slipped into visions of lost savings and a life spent on cape town’s streets – holed up outside the traffic department hoping for a miracle. Having gratefully received our Traffic Registration […]

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Why Trust in Tusk Trust

Our UK readers may have seen in the papers recently that a SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) study has recently become a large thorn in the flank of the Fair Trade brand. Also in that of us well intentioned gentrified folk wandering through Waitrose trying to buying ‘ethically’. How convenient it was to […]

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Overlanddiaries: 2014-2015 Eurasia & Beyond the Silk Road

Starting in August 2014 Rochelle and My self on board Voukefalas ,are heading out to a Great Adventure in Eurasia and beyond the Silk Road.
With starting point my home town in Mykonos we are planning to explore South Greece and  then cross to Italy.Heading north form there to Prague we have plan to travel [...]

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Hello Namibia

Day 6 – L: Brrrrrrr – wow it was cold in the ground tent and only 3 degrees C as we got up this morning at 7 am and then our neighbour had the audacity to be in shorts! As it warmed up to 5 degrees, he took off his shirt too……! We packed up […]

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Kgalagadi experience!

Day 3 – L: Something that you don’t expect to hear in a national animal park is a crowing cock, but that is what woke us…… We slept in our little Malamoo Xtra 3-second tent for the first time. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised as it was a lot more comfortable than […]

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A gallon of gas or a gallon of milk ? Paradise has it’s co$t.

You decide! It was a little bit of a shocker at the gas pump the first time going to fill up in Belize. I kinda knew and heard the price was almost $6.00 US a gallon here in Belize but somehow I thought it would go down in price by the time I needed it. […]

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It’s all about Ambiance

It’s taken almost two weeks to feel ready to write my first post. As with any travel it feels like months already since we touched down in Cape Town and with a month’s worth of news already racked up I feel neglectful at not having written earlier. But it hasn’t been for lack of content […]

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Ancona, Marche, Italy 1/2014

We had been playing Blog Tag with Rob and Nina Blackwell for months as we made our way across the US, shipped to Belgium, and proceeded to drive through Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Meanwhile, Rob & Nina had started in Vladivostok, Russia and had come over many of the roads we would […]

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A leopard on the spot

On the road before 7 with about 400km to get to the  South Luangwa National Park , I wanted to try and get in early so I could do the late afternoon , early evening game drive , so we put wrist to the accelerator so to speak .  The road to Chipata  is really […]

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The final countdown

We are going home TOMORROW! I’ve thought about home so much as a mental escape that it has become hard to believe it is a real place, far away, where we will be transported overnight through the magic of aviation.…
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On the Road

Six states. 3055 miles. 18 days. Not our most epic road trip, but pretty damn great nonetheless! Having just returned from our road~trip to attend Overland Expo, dozens of stories are swirling through my brain, waiting to jump onto the … Continue reading →
On the Road is a post from: The Next Big Adventure

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Quito

It was raining last night so badly and since I didn’t want to sleep in the dormitory, I just slept comfortably in my own bed. Saved me money too, because that was cheaper again. This morning the weather was still […]

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Saying goodbye to a four legged friend

It can be hard saying goodbye to the hairiest of family members. Alex, our 12-year-old German Shepherd was at one time going to be our third super-furry expedition member, but as time passed and he got older we realised he was going to be happier staying in New Zealand. As he aged, he craved the […]

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Top 5: Most Used Gear

When we started planning this trip, we asked ourselves what we would need to bring with us. It can be daunting to try to imagine everything you’ll need on the road for the next 18 months. We went to Overland Expo in 2012 and 2013 (it’s held in Flagstaff, Arizona every May), and found that […]
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The villages of Lago Atitlan, Guatemala

Lago Atitlan is the deepest lake in Central America at just over 1100 feet deep and it rests in the Highlands of Guatemala. It doesn’t drain into any rivers, but instead seeps into the fissures around and under the lake… Read More ›

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Africa Calling

Having arrived in Europe is both a triumph and a shock to the system. For the past two years we’ve explored the Earth’s faraway wild places with wonder and amazement. Every time we moved we were moving into the unknown, and with it came a sense of adventure and uncertainty. Europe is sort of the [...]

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Voukefalas Checklist

Below I have created our vehicles check list and information.
VOUKEFALAS SERVICE LIST-2

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Vaccinations Update List

Our update Vaccination list.
Still have a couple to go and we can be fully covered.
Click on the list bellow for details
VACCINATION LIST-2

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About Rochelle

Born on the road and lived in a converted school bus as a home for  8 years started me off as a free spirited traveling gypsy…  I am the oldest child of four and we were all born in different cities around Australia. As my fathers band successfully moved from gig to gig.
Yep that’s me [...]

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Painted lady and petrified trees …

Day 13 – L: Last night we had a lovely quick and easy braai with chicken kebabs for Steve, Kudu steak and Springbok sausage, Tony and Linda’s olives and a garlic loaf, that someone enjoyed so much that there is none left for “padkos” (an Afrikaans word meaning food (kos) for the road (pad)………We do […]

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Goudzoekers (Jkes)

We laten ons verleiden om de jungle nogmaals in te trekken. Hier in Ecuador is dat best makkelijk. Op een paar uurtjes veranderen de groene dicht begroeide bergen in echte jungle en stijgt de temperatuur en de luchtvochtigheid zeer snel terwijl we meer dan 3000 meter afdalen. In Misahualli, een kleine dorpje in de jungle, […]

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The Falls full of wonder and Zambia smiles

I was up early and eager to enjoy a morning at the Victoria Falls , last year my Dad and  I experienced the falls from Zimbabwe so today it was the  Zambians turn  . I packed my gear including the rain suit I use when riding the scooter in wet weather , It was about time I got it […]

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Giving back! “The Power”

We at CAOE are always looking for an opportunity to give back. Trust us, not a one of us grew up with a silver spoon in our mouths, we’re not trust fund babies or inherited anything. We’re all graduates of hard knock university. Each of us have known hard work from any early age. Two […]

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