International Map of Voltage: Why Every Country Has a Different F#$%ing Plug

With PlugsSimple VIewFor the complete history of why please read Gizmodo’s ARTICLE and you can also reference the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration’s 2002 Handbook on “Electric Current Abroad”

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Why Do Some Countries Drive on the Left and Some on the Right?

Right Hand Drive Vs Left Hand DriveThe following is a great article, excerpted in ExPo, about a recent Earthcircuit.org article, with a title of the same name.  One of the most interesting parts of travelling is that you are forced on a daily basi…

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Route Through Zambia

A Chipata / Mchinji Border to B Chipata – 20kms, half an hour with the border, easy driving and good tar   – read about this section here B/D Chipata to C South Luangwa – 160kms, 2.5 hours, this road used to be awful but they have tarred most of it now and were finishing off the final stretch in December 2013 […]

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Route Through Tanzania

Here is the route of my trip from Arusha across to Lake Tanganyika and down to Malawi (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Nairobi (blue) to Arusha (red) – 170 miles (5 hours, great road, border crossing easy) Arusha to Tabora (green) – 392 miles (they were doing road works near […]

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Route Nairobi – Arusha – Ngorongoro – Serengeti, Tanzania

Here is the route of my trip from Nairobi to Arusha, Ngorongoro, Serengeti back to Arusha and up to Nairobi again (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Nairobi (blue) to Arusha (red) – 170 miles (5 hours, great road, border crossing easy) Arusha to Ngorongoro (green) – 130 miles (4 hours, […]

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Route Kampala to Bwindi, Uganda

Here is the route of my trip from Kampala to Jinja, to Bwindi (Gorillas) and back to Kampala (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Kampala (blue) to Jinja (red) – 50 miles (1.5 hours easy driving) – see my rafting post here Jinja to Bwindi Gorillas (green) – 340 miles (16 […]

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Route Nairobi to Crash Site, Kenya

Here is the route of my trip from Nairobi to the crash site (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Nairobi (blue) to Naivasha (red) – 58 miles (1.5 hours, beautiful escarpment road) – see post here Naivasha to Narok (green) – 80 miles (2 hours good roads all the way) – […]

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Route Mombasa to Nairobi, Kenya

Here is the route of my trip from Mombasa to Nairobi (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Mombasa (blue) to Diani Beach (red) – 23 miles (1 hour due to Likoni Ferry) – see post here Diani Beach to Tsavo East (green) – 144 miles (5 hours through the Shimba Hills) […]

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Why?

So what has possessed us to sell what we can and pack the rest of our lives into the back of a four wheel drive? I’m not entirely sure, but here’s how it started: The conversation began when we were visiting Peru and Bolivia in 2010. As we travelled around we watched the country pass...
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