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Botswana Namibia Oct Nov 2022

7 January 2023

In October and November 2022, I travelled 6,500 kms through Botswana and Namibia in 35 days. We started in Livingstone on 22nd October, travelled through Chobe Riverside, Chobe Savuti, Moremi and the Kgaligadi in Botswana and South Africa, then went to Sossusvlei and to Conception Bay in the Namib desert in Namibia and finally via Fish River Canyon and Namaqua National Park to Cape Town, which we reached on 25th November. My companion throughout the trip was Annie Cumming. Annie is a Canadian who lives in Turkey. She travelled with Tibby and me and seventeen others in 1979 in an overland truck from London to Kathmandu. We have visited each other over the years and in 2019 had a forty-year reunion of the trip with four others and partners, in South Africa. This photo, taken on the 1979 trip, shows that we were prettier then. We were joined on this…

Malawi April 2022

In April 2022, I travelled 5,000 kms through Malawi in 24 days. I started my trip in Livingstone in Zambia, drove two days to Malawi, did a big loop through the country, and then returned the vehicle to Livingstone.

Blue Train in South Africa November 2021

Tibby and I travelled on the Blue Train from Pretoria to Cape Town departing on Monday 8th November 2021. The trip was a disaster.

Tanzania Zambia Sep Oct 2021

In September and October 2021, I travelled 7,000 kms through Tanzania and Zambia in 40 days. I started my trip in Arusha in Tanzania, headed down the eastern side of Tanzania as far as Nyerere National Park and then travelled west across the width of the country to Lake Tanganyika.

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa Dec 2020

I love the transformation of the Silo Building in the Waterfront in Cape Town.

Woodstock, Cape Town Nov 2020

On 28th November 2020 Zacharia Haroun guided me through the street and other art of his home turf of Woodstock, Cape Town at the foot of Table Mountain.

Shamwari Game Reserve Nov 2020

Tibby and I stayed for four nights from 21st November 2020 at Shamwari Private Game Reserve which is 80km from Port Elizabeth in South Africa.

Lamu, Kenya Oct 2020

Tibby and I spent four days on Lamu Island from 24th October 2020.

Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Natron Oct 2020

From 15th October 2020 I travelled 1,200km over five days from Arusha to Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti Game Reserve and Lake Natron in Tanzania.

Cape Town to Tanzania Feb Mar 2020

In February and March 2020, I drove 8,800km from Cape Town to the Kruger Park, through Zimbabwe and Zambia to Tanzania.

Zambia and Zimbabwe Sep 2019

In September 2019 I drove from Livingstone in Zambia, circumnavigated the Kariba Dam, went through Hwange National Park into Botswana, had two days in the Tuli Block, one day in Khutse National Park and then drove to Cape Town.

Angola May 2019

In April and May 2019, I drove from Cape Town to Rundu in Namibia, where I joined a group led by Live the Journey for a two-week road trip in Angola.

Namibia Sep Oct 2017

In September and October 2017 my wife, Tibby, and I did a forty-four-day 6,500 km trip from Cape Town, through Namibia and back to Cape Town.

Wild Coast October 2010

Tibby and I travelled up the Wild Coast of South Africa for ten days from 11th October 2010. The Wild Coast stretches for about 600kms from just north of East London to just south of Port Edward on the east coast next to the Indian Ocean.

Ceres to Clanwilliam via Wupperthal April 2010

The road from Ceres to Clanwilliam, via Wupperthal through the Cedarberg Mountains is one of the most attractive routes that I have been on.

Kagga Kamma April 2010 – a disappointment

Kagga Kamma Reserve is a disappointing place to visit and should be avoided