Let me start out this post by saying, I am not an expert on normal cooking, so surround me with wild animals and fire and it becomes comical. What I am an expert at is making it work, figuring it out and knowing if nothing else we have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to keep […]
Photo Journey: A Day at Sossusvlei, Namibia
Looking back on our year of travel, a few days specifically stand out as some of the most spectacular days of my life. Some of our experiences from our RTW 2012 will probably go down as the best memories EVER (cue dramatic music). Everywhere you look in the The Namib Desert you see sand dunes […]
Botswana National Parks: Photo Essay of Moremi Game Reserve
Botswana is a country that is easy to fall in love with. If nothing more than for the vast Botswana sky. It is an unbelievable experience to spend all day high on adrenaline in search of wild animals. You quickly realize that you don’t have to search hard in that they are everywhere to be […]
How Much Does a Self-Drive Safari Cost?
If you’ve been following the RTW budget updates so far, you’re probably thinking, “Wow, this RTW travel stuff is pretty affordable!” At the end of our almost 6 months in Southeast Asia, we were so far under budget it was funny. We had only spent about $6,000 traveling through 7 countries. Based on our planned […]
What it Sounds Like to Hear a Hippo Grunt
You will know when you hear a hippo grunt. It sounds like a grumpy old man bellowing at the top of his lungs. I became very intrigued by hippos during our self drive through Africa. They are the third largest land mammal after the elephant and rhinoceros and one of the most aggressive animals in the world. During the […]
The First Night on a Self Drive Safari
We had already broken the first rule of driving in Africa – Don’t drive at night. We quickly understood this rule because as we were searching for our campsite (in the dark) a huge antelope jumped directly in front of our car. We weren’t in a national park or game reserve this was just a […]
Photo Essay: A Day on an African Safari
5:30 AM – This is actually a late wake up for most safari-ers. Some private lodges and organized tours will get you up at 4 AM to start viewing the animals at their most active times. Our personal self-drive safari was more realistic with a 5:30 AM alarm…and even this was pushing it, but we […]
The Best 4×4 Car Hire in South Africa
When you are looking for a car to drive through sand trenches, over tree limbs and reverse from charging elephants you’d better make sure that you trust the person handing over the keys. We got lucky. By lucky I mean we did hours of research into South African safari companies, and the details we were […]