The Farewell in Johannesburg suddenly makes our imminent departure very real! We enjoyed an evening with about 50 friends and family and were very pleased to have Mike and Jeanette van Ginkel (they of Cape to Cairo & London in their Rolls Royce Silver Spirit fame) with us. Thanks to them for their encouragement and their efforts to put the minds of family and friends at rest with regards to what we are about to embark on. Thanks to all who came for their g...

The end of September we did a diving trip to Mocambique to Tartaruga Maritima Luxury Tented Camp near Ponta Mamoli, partly to get back into the water and partly for Marina to complete her Advance Scuba course in preparation for the Red Sea. Our compliments to Ryan Cox from Ocean Explorers ([email protected]) for the arrangements and conducting the course at very short notice. John also completed a Nitrox Course (diving with oxygen enriched air) and has just c...

WHY? Some of our friends and family think we are crazy, (if you want to get to Europe just fly!), and others see it as a great adventure. For us it was a natural progression. We have already done 3 to 4 week overland trips in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and we have really enjoyed those experiences.So the question was, what next?And, while John is not quite in his prime years, he is in his prime retirement years and, with Marina somewha...

Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry. (Source: www.worldmapmaker.com ) Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote, and we shall be happily infected until the end of our lives.So off we go to explore this beautiful continent of ours, and beyond. AFRICA' GEOGRAPHY Africa: Africa is the second-largest of the seven continents on Earth (Asia is the largest continent) Africa covers 11,70...