South Africa - Road trip part 2

After finally managing to sneak our way through South African immigration officers we triumphantly started our driving trip in big, bad Johannesburg. We based ourselves in Soweto the notorious township/slum area which in all honesty we found pretty charming. Despite being told to get in and out of Jo'Burg quickly we managed to while away a few days at the Apartheid museum (wow overload) and getting down and dirty in the hood on a Soweto bike tour.

Namibia - Road trip part 1

Hey guys,

No doubt you've all been living a depressed and meaningless existence whilst our blog remained un-updated - Sorry about that.

Following Botswana we finally got into South Africa and collected our hire car (Nissan Tida) to begin our 10 day camping trip in Namibia. From the moment we crossed the border, we could tell things we're going to be a little shaky - The roads went from being paved to dusty/dirt/sand roads with potholes most Iraqi's would deem big! Was the Tida going to survive Namibia?

Botswana - 8 Days in Exile

Arriving at Johannesburg airport we were so pumped for the South African leg of our trip – getting a car and self driving instead of long sweaty buses – how first world of us!! Unfortunately all our aircon dreams came crashing down at immigration when we were told that because we had come from diseased Rwanda and we did not have our yellow fever vaccination cards we were not being permitted entry into South Africa.

Uganda and Rwanda - Green, green, green.

As some of you may know, we were fired from our hotel job in Entebbe (hooray!) and have since been on the road again! Here’s what’s been happening in Uganda and Rwanda…

After our side trip to Ethiopia we headed from Nairobi across the border to Uganda. The first thing we noticed after crossing was how beautiful Uganda was! Rolling green hills coupled with thick forests, cute little village towns and a more relaxed pace – It was a very pleasant surprise!