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We scrub the last traces of ash from our clothes. Our bodies still feel sore from lugging buckets of water around the night before. It’s …
The wind is coming from the wrong direction. Last week we cruised along at 25km/h. Now it’s back to the usual 15km/h and we really …
We’re off to an exiting start on our excursion to the west of Zambia. It’s 8am and the guys on the streets of Lusaka are …
Sauron and Chewy are fighting again. We have a hard time mediating between the two campsite dogs as they hash it out over who has …
“Sparrow sized”… “Grey head, black wings with a solid white stripe”… “Yellow around the eye”. Our fledgling birding career is taking off. A problem has …
Olive’s back wheel shimmers in the morning light. Its brand new rim from an African bike manufacturer is designed to carry more than 100kg. We’ve …
Spring is springing in Southern Africa. Here this means an odd contrast between peak dry season drought/bushfires and iridescent shades of purple, pink, yellow and …
Once upon a time, far far in the eastern highlands of the kingdom of Zim, there was a little farm. It had geese and chickens …
We wait in a patch of shade by the side of the road as, one by one, the cars speed by. Lina has been feeling …
In the misty morning light we exchange our remaining meticais to US dollars at a small roadside shop. The Mozambican border guard waves us off …
