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The clever Cercopithecinae, or Baboons

WEEK 14 Still been unsuccessful in obtaining visas for Angola but we are confident about obtaining them further along the way.  From Abuja we started heading up towards Wiki warm springs and started a 10-day stint of bush camping.  A crack team managed to infiltrate the truck At Wiki warm springs we rock climbed, swam, … Continued

Week 10 – 12 Brenu Beach, Benin and Bureaucracy

WEEK 10 The rest of our time in Accra was spent at Kokrobite Beach at Big Milly’s Backyard, which was renamed Big Milly’s Blur by some who seriously started questioning if this trip was good for their health.  Hot humid nights required the body to be cooled by cold drinks and hot humid mornings, waking … Continued

Sudan, and do as you’re told – by Mr. Foreman (special guest writer)

We departed Gondar and descended from the high country towards The Sudan. Just before the border is a small town with a junction and here we encountered a scrawny character wandering aimlessly down the middle of the road. He ignored the initial warnings of the horn and only decided to react once the truck slowed … Continued

Time to tackle the East Coast.

I’d like to tell you that the reason you haven’t seen an update in a while is because we’ve all been off doing so much that I haven’t had any time to write one. That wouldn’t be entirely true though. There hasn’t been a blog in a while because we’ve been out having such a … Continued

Namibia, and luxury

At first glance Namibia is a bleak, monochrome, vast expanse. Lots of sand, lots of flatness, scrubby desert, and the rather uninviting sounding Skeleton Coast. You wouldn’t think that someplace that looks like this could be so exciting. But it is. We were exhausted when we arrived in Namibia. And filthy. So, we spent a … Continued

Moustaches, Mechanicals & Angola.

Angola turned out to be more of a challenge than any of us expected. I suppose that the primary worry about Angola always was, judging by previous trans travelers’ stories, obtaining the visa in the first place. That was no problem. Piece of cake in fact, and cheaper than we had originally budgeted for. After … Continued

Rumble in the jungle

Cameroon has been very exciting. We’ve driven through jungles, climbed mountains, and relaxed in idyllic beaches. Only 3 or 4 trucks a year do this western section of the African continent. Back on what we call ‘the Milk Run” where dozens of trucks are running at any one time, the Western Trans has a bit … Continued

AK47s, Nigerian nuptials & insurance

We have made it to Nigeria. It is a much different place than the other countries we have visited. We’re experiencing plenty of those things that make Africa such a fascinating and unique experience but this country is offering a few new challenges as well. There is a much different energy here. Have you ever … Continued