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sketch of trucks parked at the zambia tanzania border crossing

How to make it through a crazy African road border

July 21, 2015

It only took us about four days to pass through Zambia. What was originally just a transit through ended up being awesome fun. We loved the challenge of the insane potholes, the offroad highways to nowhere, the beers and the zombie antelope. One challenge remained. To exit the country by road.

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Sketch of a man silhouetted against an african sunset

Camping in the deserts of Namibia

February 5, 2015

Southern Namibia was so vast and empty, it felt like we were driving across the moon. The arrow-straight gravel highway was so long, and so straight, it touched the horizon with a pinprick. The vast pastel sky seemed to be about a hundred times larger than usual. We felt extra excited now; Cape Town was well behind us, and … More Camping in the deserts of Namibia

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Sketch of three people with their car on an african road trip

The unofficial road rules of Africa – a traveler’s guide

February 1, 2015

Everything was dark when we got up in Cape Town. The cloudy night sky was smudged with black ink. Our car was waiting in the driveway, packed and ready to go. It had been raining last night, and the clean white paint was beaded with glistening droplets of water.

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