The Heat is On
The alarm goes off at 5am. It’s still dark outside with just a hint of the approaching dawn. We shuffle out of the tents and …
The Go Boys!
It’s Saturday morning and Jo and Olive stand at the ready. Ben is putting the finishing touches on the H2O banner that he’ll wear if …
AfriCar
Happy new year 2026! For the first time in our adult lives we slept through New Year’s Eve. Thankfully there is no big time difference …
Deck the Halls
It’s 10am on December 11th and we’re sipping our first Glühwein of the holiday at the train station in Lina’s hometown. Something went wrong in …
Riding Home for Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go… Nothing says that quite as much as 40+ degrees, warthogs running around with their …
Walking with Unicorns
We have timed our arrival at the Namibian border perfectly. Two tour busses – one with middle aged Germans, one with young Commonwealth whipper snappers …
Krokovango
It has finally happened. We’ve met another cyclist who’s going the same way as us at the same time. Léo is 22 years old and …
Animal Kingdom
The smell of meat frying in butter is wafting through the communal kitchen. We are busy chopping a mountain of vegetables for the potije (a …
The Rainy Season Strikes Back
The engines are revving, cameras at the ready, expectant looks are exchanged. The guides give some last words of warning. Then the hunt is on! …
The Work of God
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 …