A Bruxa Está Solta!

Nós não acreditamos em bruxas, mas que elas voam, voam… Pois é, tudo que não tivemos de problema em toda América do Sul e Central, estamos tendo aqui nos EUA. Hoje (24/05/15) foi a vez da correia do alternador arrebentar. Saímos de St. George logo após o café da manhã e estávamos tranquilos pois seriam apenas 200 quilômetros até Las Vegas pela rodovia interestadual 15. Após rodarmos quase 90 quilômetros a luz da… Ler mais

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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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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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