We have been on our world tour since 2015. Sometimes only temporarily, sometimes for a very long time. We have certainly learned a lot…
Category: Feelings
In the footsteps of Dian Fossey: Our visit to the mountain gorillas
A long-desired dream comes true. Oliver received the Gorilla Tracking as a Christmas present the year before last. It was clear to both of…
Touching encounter with Nana – the elephant grand mama of the Thula-Thula Game Reserve
Friends recommended reading the famous book by Lawrence Anthony, The Elephant Whisperer, as an African reading. Lawrence, a gifted animal rights activist, buying a…
Two sides inside me: The “fear” and the “adventure”
Today we are on a quad trip of a very special kind. We drive for 3.5 hours over 80 km along a dry river…
Wistfulness
Our first continent is coming to an end. After more than a year with Shujaa, where we drove across South America, we will be…
Good journey, René!
We have just received the tragic news of the death of René Larraguibel, one of our very few travel friends, whom we have on…
Wedding, lunch-sit-in, ceremony with the shaman and there was something else … oh yes, Cusco and Machu Picchu
Sometimes, even with well-organized Overlanders, everything comes differently than you might think or plan: we celebrate a rushing wedding, have a sit-in barbecue next…
20, 10, 5, Stop!!!
We thought it was over ... Having already written a lengthy blog about the adventurous routes in Northern Peru, we did not want to…