Day 1,426: Day of Days
Mon 26.11.12: Well then. I made it. It would not be unfair to say that my entire life has been leading up to this point. This day. This moment. This…
Day 1,425: The Impossible Dream
Sun 25.11.12: The coach arrived at 9am in an strangely subdued Kampala. Where the hell was everyone? Then I realised it was Sunday and it all kinda made sense –…
Day 1,424: Back Where It All Began
Sat 24 Nov 12: Today I headed north from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, across the plains of the Serengeti, and yes Mount Kilimanjaro did rise…
Days 1,422-1,423: This Is Africa
Thu 22 - Fri 23 Nov 12: I didn’t want to use this as a title, said while pointing to at the red earth, imitating Leonardo DiCaprio ’s Rhodesian mercenary…
Day 1,421: Wham Bam Thank You Zam
Wed 21.11.12: So then, Zambia, my third country in three days. Zambia has always been Zimbabwe’s poorer neighbour, even back in the day when it was Northern Rhodesia, it was…
Day 1,420: Who Wants To Be A Trillionaire?
Tue 20.11.12: After grabbing a whole three hours of sleep, it was time to SLAM DUNK DA FUNK and hit the road once more. NORTH MISS TESCHMACHER!! Janine, being the…
Day 1,419: We Advance At Dawn
Mon 19.11.12: It was 0600 when my wake-up call came through from the third officer, but he need not have bothered: I was already wide awake. Giddy with that I-can-believe-this-is-actually-happening…
Days 1,411-8: The Maersk Sebarok
Sun 11.11.12 - Sun 18.11.12 I was up an’ at ’em! by 8am, and by 8.30am I was on the bus back to Port Louis. I didn’t get to say…
Days 1,408-1,410: Made It Ma, Top of the World!
Fri 09.11.12 - Sun 11.11.12: After an hour’s sleep, I was back up an’ at ‘em, ready to take on my final day in Réunion. Geraldine left for a work…
Day 1,406: The Lava Meets The Sea
Thu 08.11.12: In many ways, Thursday was (yet another) D-Day for this phase of The Odyssey Expedition. I had a choice to make: I could stick here on Réunion and…