What a welcome back to southeast Asia! Our first stop: Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), a.k.a. Saigon, a.k.a. Paris of the Orient, a.k.a. Pearl of the Far East. Stepping out of the airport we were instantly reminded of that humidity for which this region is famous. Even at 9pm it felt like stepping into a sauna. We were whisked into this mesmerising city of perpetual motion: fleets of scooters cruise along every road and footpath, fluidly and seamlessly merging and flowi...

It's probably very cliché to say that visiting Africa has permanently and irrevocably changed our perspectives on life. But looking back at the past 46 days we've spent here, I couldn't honestly say there's been a time or place that's opened my eyes to the world more than here. I've learnt so much. From the histories of the countries, their unique plights and successes, their colonisation from the Europeans or Arabs and consequent fights for independence. Thei...

Overlanding is a very different style of travel to what we've grown accustomed to this year. Where we normally had to make decisions about where to go and when, we now just get told where we're headed. If we liked or disliked a place we had the option of slowing down or speeding up our progress as we pleased. Not any more. Previously, we had to organise food from day to day, check in and out of hostels and find out how to get from A to B. These days we just arriv...

The Waterfront Campsite in Livingstone is set along the banks of the Zambezi River. Aside from allowing some beautiful views of the sunset over calm water, this campsite put us in the midst of the Mosi Oa Tunya National Park. Signposts warned us to beware crocodiles, not to feed the monkeys, and some of the guys even saw elephants parading past the fences. Our favourite encounter with the resident fauna however, took place late on our last night here. So on arri...

Heading to Malawi (commonly referred to as the Warm Heart Of Africa) we were expecting to meet some of the most friendly and entertaining locals thus far. Young guys with "names" like Vegemite, Mr Nice Guy, Cheap As Chips and Stan The Man introduced themselves to us, but it was a quiet, unassuming young man called Gibson who made the biggest impression on me. This is a little about him. Gibson (Gib for short) and his cousin Fantastic Steve introduced themselves ...