From African Trails’ side of things we’d like to thank Mark for a sterling effort over 43 weeks, Rebecca for all the blog and photo updates and all the participants for their photos, general participation and for making a great tour, great. Thanks again. Stay tuned for the November Trans Blog with Gavin and Summer. … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” as we have been having problems with the photos. WEEK 43 Our last country for the trip and it’s a whirlwind of activity. First stop is Goreme and the famed fairy chimneys and underground cities of Cappadocia. … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” as we have been having problems with the photos. WEEK 42 Crossing late in the day, we bush camp amongst a grove of olive trees and spend our first day in Syria at the historical site of … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” as we have been having problems with the photos. WEEK 41 We leave the chilled out atmosphere behind, and head to the port for our ferry crossing to Jordan. Taking a bit of Dahab with us, we … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” as we have been having problems with the photos. WEEK 39 We drive into downtown Cairo and its evident instantly that we have hit the city – people, noise and traffic everywhere. As we drive through the … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” SPECIAL THANK YOU A big thank you to the Starbucks team (where Carrie used to work) who have been following our adventures in Africa and shown their support by sending us loads of supplies of tea and … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” as we have been having problems with the photo sizes WEEK 36 Crossing the border into Sudan we are back in the heat with the temperature reaching over 40 degrees every day. We celebrate Sue’s birthday on … Continued
Check out all the photos of this trip on our Facebook page ” African Trails Overlands and Safaris” WEEK 33 Arriving in Ethiopia, the change in scenery is dramatic. From the dry and dusty dirt roads of northern Kenya, we find ourselves driving through mountains and greenery. We also have a change in the temperature … Continued
See all the Trans photos on our Facebook page “African Trails Overlands and Safaris” http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Trails-Overlands-and-Safaris/6261184827 WEEK 29 Leaving Nairobi we have another farewell – Simon departs and heads off on his own to conquer Egypt. We also have a new addition to the truck, Chad who is on his first visit to Africa and is … Continued
WEEK 17 After finding out that the border crossing from Congo to Cabinda was closed to foreign vehicles, we had to take an alternative route through Gabon into the Republic of Congo, which meant we had to travel in convoy withanother truck on route to Capetown. Our first drive day from Libreville was backtracking our … Continued