From Maun, Botswana, we had two reasonably big drives to get to the eastern entrance of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP). This ‘Peace Park’ was created in 2000 as Africa’s first national park that straddles two countries (Botswana and South Africa), and borders a third (Namibia), with an aim of creating an enormous conservation area (over […]
Continue ReadingAfter leaving Etosha, we had three nights to make our way leisurely towards Bwabwata National Park and the Zambezi Region. Two of these nights were our last wild camps for a while, 1 of which was next to the Kavango River, which is the border between Namibia and Angola in this area (the river is […]
Continue ReadingOur next stop was Spitzkoppe, a group of beautiful granite peaks rising out of the Namib Desert. We have an awesome GPS in our vehicle but for some reason it took us on a totally wild route to get to Spitzkoppe via some rough tracks through the wilderness. Our vehicle coped well and ‘Jungle Man’ […]
Continue ReadingA small selection of our favourite animals…from the little guys, to the birds, to the antelopes, to the big guys, to the always-around guys, to the highly endangered black rhino! And a few of the funny ones…
Continue ReadingOur flight from Heathrow took us via Istanbul to Cape Town. Our flights from Istanbul to Cape Town return are one of few flights not included in our Round The World tickets, as it allows us to return to Europe after Africa (one of the rules of a RTW ticket is you cannot return to […]
Continue ReadingLogan’s brother Nathan, Michele and Enzo (and their kitty cat Daisy) live in a beautifully renovated house in Hoyland. The last time we saw them was in New Zealand and the kids were 3, 7 and 8 – they’re now nearly 10, nearly 14 and 15. We were all looking forward to spending time with […]
Continue ReadingMy Nana (on Mum’s side) was born in New Zealand, but all of the generations of her family before her were born in Shetland. My Great Grandmother, Minnie, her brothers and sisters, her parents and her grandmother all came to New Zealand on various voyages in the early 1900s. They had all been born and […]
Continue ReadingTo actually leave Europe, we caught an overnight train from L’Hospitalet-près-l’Andorre. Despite the name, L’Hospitalet-près-l’Andorre train station is not actually in Andorra but is over the border in France – and there is no public transport to get there (and Uber coverage is patchy at best). People will helpfully tell you “there used to be […]
Continue ReadingAndorra is beautiful but with days and days and days that cycled from raining to hailing to snowing, with the odd bit of overcast and a tummy bug for Lucas thrown in, we had a lot of inside time! We were glad for an apartment with enough room to stop us going crazy, large windows […]
Continue ReadingWe hardly scratched the surface of what Spain has to offer, but we made the most of our time there and (as it turned out) were extremely lucky with our timing. We picked up a campervan in Seville – a MUCH smaller campervan than we’d had in Norway with barely room to swing a cat, […]
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