The Cambodiwood Encounter

One day, in a Dairy Queen near Sheena’s parents’ house, a strange thing happened and we found ourselves sitting in the booth adjacent to the booth occupied by Alice Cooper. Several years later, in a place very much unlike a Dairy Queen, we once again found ourselves in the company of...
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Resting in the Rwenzori Mountains

What a magical place we managed to find. On the way south from our walk around the Bigodi Wetland Centre, we decided to stop in at the Rwenzori mountains. Tracks4Africa shows that there are a few options for camping just outside the park gate, so we decided to head up the road to stay and...
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Zambia

Day: 159 KLMS: 24,346 We clunked into Zambia for the second time, crossing through at Chirundu, the most hectic border yet. Trucks were backed up to 4km down the road and we had to aggressively drive our way through the complete chaos until we could get to the front of the line.  The actual...
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Tag 52 - Capetown

Montag 31. Dezember, privat camp – Hotel, Cape Town 100 km
Wir standen mal wieder spät auf, nach 8 Uhr und bekamen noch einen Tee auf den Weg.Nochmals vielen vielen Dank für den Stellplatz und eure Gastfreundschaft, liebe Familie Kenny! Auch bei Kevin schlugen wir nochmals...
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Rideshare Round The World

<p>OK, so you’re driving round the world – just the two of you, your offspring, maybe a dog – usually in a vehicle that might look like it’s from a different planet compared to some of the jalopies sharing the road. And if your rig is big enough to look like it could have a <a href=...
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Bent, Buckled, Bashed, Bruised and Bemused…!!

Which pretty much sums up how both the Big Fella and I currently feel after our epic journey… I spent the day after getting the Big Fella from the airport, carefully unpacking my panniers and other kit which I had carried around the world. I took my time doing so, as each item I handled...
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Richtersveld

Port Nolloth was our next stop to resupply and rendezvous with Greg, the new trip leader who would take us through the Richtesveld. We took a passage road through large restricted areas of the De Beers diamond mines. On this passage, there were lots of turtles crossing the road. There is...
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