The road to Hwange
The road to Hwange National Park took a bit more energy then we initially planned for. 100s of kms of dirt track will do that to you.
Category: Africa Overland
More from Mana
Mana Pools will go down as one of our favorite places. I can guarantee that. Here are some pictures as the last post from that amazing place.
Mana Night Life
We regularly had night time visitors to our campsite…
Wild Dogs (aka Painted Dogs we later found out)
Up close and personal with Wild Dogs in Mana Pools Zimbabwe
This is why we came to Mana Pools!
I wasn’t anticipating writing a post so soon after we arrived. I figured I’d only write after a few days. Relaxing today however, I feel yesterday’s story needs to be shared. The day started slowly with a relaxed wake-up call before we headed out on our first game drive. As we expected, it is too … Continue reading This is why we came to Mana Pools!
Internet connected again
It is the first time we’ve had internet since the first day we left. I had written 8 or so blog posts in word while we’ve been away and I had visions of uploading them all this morning and releasing them one at a time over the coming days. Alas, this is not meant to … Continue reading Internet connected again
A long day
Up at 5AM after the late night. It’s now 10:30pm and we finally arrived where we set off for, Strelly House, 2 hours north of Gweru (where we successfully met the guy with our 20kgs of meat at a gas station and loaded it all our freezers.) Besides that, only a couple of stops for … Continue reading A long day
Setting Off
Our goal was to leave work by 2, leave Joburg by 3:30. After stressful weeks tying everything off at work to Cheryl and I that meant “if we leave by 5pm we’ll be happy…” To Micahel and Lisa, our German regimented travelling companions that meant “if we leave by 3:30 we’re already late…” We left … Continue reading Setting Off
Packing Up
We’ve made all of our purchases, we’ve got our Hilux back from the shop, kitchen installed we are good to go. One small, little thing to do: packing it all in. Looking at the amount of stuff we had scattered about our apartment I wondered to myself how everything would fit. Since it’s my job … Continue reading Packing Up
Med kits
Med kits, what you hope you never need but you’d better have.
Mid Career Conundrum 