All posts in: "Overland trip 1998-2011"

  1. Back home – Road trip completed!

    After staying for a week with Seyhun in Istanbul it was time to move on. Funny enough the last bit always seems to be the…

  2. Only 2764 km to go!

    After some consideration and timing (we didn’t want to enter Syria on a Friday) we decided to cross the border at Jaber. This border crossing…

  3. Sudan, Saudi and Jordan

    The border crossing with Sudan took a bit longer than our other crossings in Africa. The Ethiopian officers were on their lunch break and could…

  4. Beautiful Ethiopia

    Together with our South African friends, William and Karen a.k.a. ‘White Rhino’ we arrived in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. We went straight for ‘Wims Holland…

  5. From Kenya to Ethiopia

    A road less traveled It was great meeting other travelers and exchanging stories and info, but after having spent almost two weeks at the overlanders…

  6. Rwanda, Uganda & Kenya

    In Tanzania we applied for our Rwandan visa online. Within 24 hours we got an approval for a visa valid for 15 days. With an…

  7. Tanzania

    When we drove into Tanzania we immediately noticed the difference; villages are bigger and thus more crowded. And the locals seemed a bit grumpy, not…

  8. Zambia and Malawi

    After long consideration between Zim(babwe) or Zam(bia) we finally took the ferry to Zambia. While waiting in line we met up with a Swiss and…

  9. Botswana

    From the Caprivi Strip in Namibia we crossed the border to Botswana at Muhembo. It went all very smooth. The road in Botswanais tarred and…

  10. Sandy Namibia

    We continued our travels from Klerksdorp to Upington, a boring long stretched road which reminded us of the Nullaboor in Australia. Upington is situated along…