Johannesburg was eerily quiet, apart from police sirens as the keepers of all things peaceful set about chasing down those with nefarious plans to walk the dog, slenter a quiet beer with mates or have random thoughts about purchasing a crisp, golden roast chicken for lunch. Pornhub was suddenly free, Marlboro Gold were not and…
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…. of mice and men ….
At around that time when the sun starts to shift off the couch and you can see the wipe marks on the halfheartedly cleaned windows, I sat upright with a Brilliant-Brand-New-Idea! Bugger the shippers. I would just drive to Europe. Out came Google Maps, Tracks4Africa, iOverlander and YouTube as a new route was planned, again. …
The best laid plans ….
I am a big fan of daydreaming on the couch. This has led to most of my better ideas and some of the worst decisions ever made. Devouring many an adventure blog and countless YouTube videos over afternoons spent under a gentle sun resulted in ‘the plan of all plans’ and I started looking into…
Do Not Start Overlanding – Expedition Portal
Do Not Start Overlanding – Expedition Portal — Read on expeditionportal.com/the-overland-addiction/
Changes. And the holiday.
Its been a while and rather a lot has changed. Mostly, this: The Beige Bomber / Rattle and Hum has been retired and joined on the driveway by The Llama, a 2013 Defender Tdci Puma, which immediately broke down as a welcome-to-all-of-this-all-over-again type greeting. We have already been around the block a few times since…
What I learned in 2018.
That it’s fine to own more than one Land Rover. That a tinny is a boat. That keeping up communication with some family members is not worth the drama that comes from it. That New Zealand really is full of sheep. That Australians may think it is English they are speaking, but really, it’s not. …
Slow boat to nowhere. And one that tried to kill me.
We quickly worked out that we were indeed in the wrong place and surrounded by signboards with lengthy place names that pointed off in different directions, none of which seemed to be where we needed to be – it was immediately decided the best course of action was to retire to a pub to drink…
I wish I was a glow-worm…
Did you know that there is a castle in Denmark with amazing gardens, serious history and a statue where the sun shines out his bum? S’true. Look: Frederiksborg Castle was a great place to spend a chilly morning. They did seem to be holding a confirmation or sacrificing virgins or something as there was a…
Cardless in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is an amazing place, even if my wallet was stolen pretty much as soon as I stepped off the plane, along with all my cards and cash. This created an issue that followed me for weeks, especially after my local bank managed to reduce the person trying to help in Denmark to ugly crying…
Always go left (unless you can go east)…
It is not often that those-that-wander go back to the same place and do exactly the same thing, especially if it includes a seemingly endless flight with Kenya Airways in planes with leg room designed only for those under 10. Time-sharers do that sort of thing, year after year after year until eventually someone dies…
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