South Africa
Following our time in Durban we headed to the city of Port Elizabeth (PE). Originally we had planned to stay for the night in PE but had been told about Addo Elephant Park by our friends in Durban. Given it was only an hour or so away we decided to
South Africa
We’ve made a few trips to South Africa now, but this was our very first time visiting Durban and we were super excited! One of our reasons for this trip, and more specifically Durban, was to visit friends that we had made from our time in Zambia. We hadn’
Australia
Recently we made a quick overnight trip to Katoomba and the Blue Mountains. I’m not sure how we managed it, but I’m pretty sure we picked the first real ‘wintery’ weekend and weather they’d had up there for the year. It was freezing! And for some reason,
Australia
March’s mild weather called for a weekend visit down to Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast. This was the first time either of us had been to Jervis Bay after hearing so much about it, and while very pretty, as had been promised, was much less developed than
Overland travel
Fran is a 2006 Toyota Landcruiser HDJ78 Troopcarrier with the full Alu-Cab Hercules roof conversion. She has the last of the solid straight-6 turbo diesel Toyota engines, the 1HD-FTE, with minimal electronics for maximum reliability. We had been watching the rare 1HD-FTE powered troopies for a long time and when
Overland travel
Ruth was a 1994 Toyota Landcruiser Prado KZJ78 was imported from Japan into Zambia in 2005 by an American Embassy worker who owned the car until 2009. It was subsequently purchased by an Australian VSO Volunteer who owned the car for 18 months before selling it to us in November
Australia
Earlier this year while in Melbourne to see family and friends, we decided to take some time out and be tourists in our old town, heading to a favourite place, Torquay. Torquay is located on the south- west coast of Victoria and is well known for its surf beach, including
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Rwanda One of the most amazing countries we visited in Africa. Yes, it is amazing because of the lush green hills, tea plantations and of course, the mountain gorillas. But I found it amazing because we were there less than 20 years after the 1994 genocide and the country felt
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This post could go forever, Tanzania is a huge country with a ton of very famous tourist sites and just cool stuff to see and do. Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and more! We spent about 6 weeks there all up and pretty much followed the tourist trail. If
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South Africa South Africa is a country I will keep coming back to; it has so much to see and do, every trip is different from the last. During our time in Zambia we managed to get down to South Africa only the one time for a couple of weeks,
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Malawi Malawi kicked off our East Africa expedition and it would have been extremely easy to locate ourselves next to the beautiful Lake Malawi, however we did move around, spending a brief amount of time in the larger cities, Blantyre and the capital Lilongwe and the mountains. The country is
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Zambia was home for us for a couple of years so I could have easily doubled the size of this post. We went to most corners of Zambia and lots of pretty special places. Zambia has plenty to see and surprisingly, a bit of distance to cover. I have provided