Tan – ZANY – ia

Riding into Dar Es Salaam from Morogoro I had the wonderful company of Hussein, a local biker, who took me through Bagamoyo. Bagamoyo, translated as “Lay your heart down”, was the historic setting-off point for expeditions into the heart of Africa and a major slave trading port. We had lunch on the beach in front…

Mal – Wow! – i

I usually wake up several times a night. By five thirty I begin regaining consciousness, realizing where I am and that I need to get up. It’s still dark outside. I crawl to open the tent, put on my sandals which are waiting outside and stumble to the “ablution block” to brush my teeth, comb…

Zamb-Easy

Zambia feels like the real Africa! From the minute I drove down the ferry plank I was surrounded by at least 10 guys, mentioning to me and shouting “Park here! No, no, park here!”. “Thank you, really, but I don’t need a fixer. Don’t follow me around or bother me, because I will not pay…

Bumbling through Botswana

Botswana is known for having more donkeys than people. And indeed, there are A LOT of donkeys. It also seems as though all of them, including all the sheep, goats, cows and horses that Botswana has, are constantly standing in the bang middle of the road, preferably staring at you angrily if you try to…