Ready for Takeoff, Forest Fires … and other Stories

 Anouk hates goodbyes!  During the last few days and weeks at home on the island of Spiekeroog, many people around us kept asking us whether we were becoming more and more excited. We were not, actually! Instead – in addition to our very engaging jobs – we were in absolute and continuous “packing-mania” and had to empty […]

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Of a friendly taxi driver and lousy Land Rover service

The friendly taxi driver I’m trying to find my way in the hustle and bustle of Casablanca’s insane traffic, looking for Salim on 625, Boulevard Mohammmed V. Salim is the dealer for Britpart in these neck of the woods, and Britpart in the UK has a gearbox ready to be shipped. We all...
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Smooth crossing, rough landing in Morocco

Lost 5th gear After a relaxed trip through Europe and a smooth ferry crossing from Tarifa to Tanger, happily driving on the péage from Tanger to Rabat, the car suddenly lost its 5th gear. Shock and unbelief. Well, unbelief: with  a nearly 25 year old Defender, even when...
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the photographs

I have added a link to my photography site in the menu at the top of the page, and will be adding galleries to it with images from each country en route.  Until then it shows mainly pictures from recent travels to Morocco, Paris, Barbados (all in 2013), and Malaysia (2012). Below...
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Overlanding with a dog: Sudan-Egypt border

There’s one border that Thimba will have to tackle all on her own: the border between Sudan and Egypt. It can only be crossed with a passenger ferry on Lake Nasser. The cars are transported on a separate barge. Dogs are not allowed on the passenger ferry, so Thimba will be stuck on the...
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“The world is a book….

…and those who do not travel read only one page” (Saint Augustine). Non-exisiting hotels, a recommended restaurant with a cockroach infested kitchen, or an undiscovered and unspoilt paradise with busloads of noisy Chinese. Anyone who has ever used a guidebook will have had similar...
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Shakedown trip Morocco

The ultimate dress rehearsal. Nearly two months in Morocco. From Ceuta through the Rif Mountains to the far North-East, down along the Algerian border to the Figuig oasis and South to the Moroccan Sahara. Testing everything possible on rough, stony pistes and deep sand. And I’m glad...
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Day 187…Vilanculos- Long Days, Sore Arse and a Whale

Bom Dia, My route over the last few days. I know this blog took a while to get posted. Its because of 2 reasons. Firstly we did some serious mileage, […]

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Day 174…Jinja- I left my heart in Jinja!

Jambo, My route over the last few days. I cannot write the following blog in the words that I would like to. Its been far to amazing for even the […]

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Day 164…Nairobi- Riding past the first Thorn Tree.

Jambo, My route over the last few days. I left Addis in the pouring rain, that was to be the setting for the 2 days of riding towards the Kenyian […]

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Day 157… Addis Ababa- Rain, Beer and Bedbugs

Hello, My route over the last few days. After a couple of days in Khartoum I left the capital with Ethiopia visa in hand. The day south started quite slow […]

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Day 148…Khartoum-Taking THE ferry to Sudan

Salaam, My route over the last few days. I have been thinking a lot about the journey and my experiences while riding through the desert of Sudan(there is not much […]

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Day 133…Aqaba- Getting to grips with the middle east!

Salaam, My route over the last few days. I stayed in a youth hostel in Jerusalem. It was a 2 man dormitory but by 11pm I was still the only […]

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Day 136…Cairo- Lives up to its reputation!

Salaam, My route over the last 3 days. Well well well! What a long couple of days. I left Aqaba to find the ferry to Egypt. I wanted to make […]

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Day 133…Israel- אני לא יודע מה זה אומר

שלום, My route over the last few days. After what felt like a holiday for the last 3 days I am back in business. I reached the otherside of the […]

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Day 113…Innsbruck- Back in the mountains!

Guten Morgen, Our route over the last few days. We left Amsterdam cold and wet. The weather has been quite poor for sight-seeing so we where keen to get going […]
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Day 101…London- Sounds like you from London?

Hello, Our route over the last few days. So after a hectic ride to reach London in time and a further insane week in London, I have at last made […]
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Day 85… Barcelona- Peri-Peri Chicken and Cana+Tapas

Ola, My route over the last few days. I left Lagos with a farewell breakfast with my new friends Petra and Hartmut. They are from Germany and travelled to Lagos […]
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Day 78… Rabat to Lagos- Goodbye Africa, Hello Europe

Bom Dia from a sunny Portugal, My route over the last few days. I left Rabat and Mike after with a bit of a hangover. Mike and I made sure […]
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