Anyone like a glass of wine? We were not in South Africa too long before we were at a winery tasting the nectar of the Gods. Our second night was spent camping at a small vineyard (Highlanders) where we sampled some of the local wines - sensory sensational. The last day of our 42 day overland trip saw us passing through beautiful wine growing regions before we saw our first glimpse of Table Mountain, signaling our arrival to the Mother City - Cape Town. Cape Town is an alluring city that although is very cosmopolitan still has a wild African flavor [View Full Entry]

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Namibia is an amazing country - plain and simple. From the wildlife in Etosha National Park in the North to the incredible natural wonders of the land in the south, this country has it all. Entering Nimibia in the north we headed first to Estosha National Park. We spent two nights there. Etosha means "Great White Place" because about 25% of the park is a massive mineral pan that was formerly a lake thousands of years ago. It is now a large depression of salt and dusty clay. Although the game was not as plentiful as in the Mara, I did [View Full Entry]

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After Leaving the natural wonder of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, we headed west into Botswana where the highlights were camping out in Chobe National Park and then two nights in the Okavango Delta. More animals and natural beauty abounds in this small country. Only about 1.6 million people; there seems to be more wildlife than humans. Chobe is a large national park that is famous for its large elephant herds. Whether it was driving through in 4x4s or floating down the Chober River, you quickly understand why. Huge elephants everywhere. The Delta is the largest inland delta in the world. [View Full Entry]

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What a Rush! That sums up Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls are the largest waterfalls in the world and one of the natural wonders of the world. The last 2.5 days has been spent viewing the rush of the falls and experiencing the rush of adrenaline from whitewater rafting and bungi jumping. We arrived on October 16 in Victoria Falls, a small town just on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Saturday was an incredible day of whitewater rafting down the raging Zambezi River. Whitewater rafting was sometime that I had no intention or interest in doing; however, since 13 others [View Full Entry]

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The next leg of my adventure started when I met my fellow Overlanding travelers in Nairobi on Sept 26. This started the largest part of my trip. I will be Overlanding with 24 other people driving through Eastern and Southern Africa in a large truck for the next 42 days. Not all will be going to Cape Town. Some will be getting off along the way and others will be joining us. If you can imagine a troop carrier that has been converted to a bus, that is what the truck that I will be traveling in for the next 42 [View Full Entry]

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My second leg of the adventure started when I bid farewell to Edgar on the evening of the 22nd and flew into Masai Mara the following morning. No words can really describe the Masai Mara. It is one of the most beautiful, out of this world places I have ever been. And I don't say that lightly. From the moment you arrive you know this is a special place. It is romantically intoxicating, from the landscape to the literally millions of animals that live there. You get the immediate sense that you have left the human world and entered the animal [View Full Entry]

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Talk about a walk in the clouds! Edgar and I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on September 11 and took a shuttle to Moshi, Tanzania, a small town at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The shuttle ride there was wild. It took 7+ hrs and had to be on some of the worst roads i have ever been on. At some points we were literally bouncing out of or seats. However, it was worth it as we saw the country side and the people who live there. A lot of Masai tribemen and women who were herding there flock along the road,including [View Full Entry]

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Mind first day of the adventure started by boarding a plane in Halifax bound for London last night. Edgar Samson and myself had a few drinks at his brother's to toast our adventure and then we were chaufuured to the airport by Michel. Five hours after we took off we landed in London Heathrow. We decided to spend the day in London as our flight to Nairobi only left that evening. London is a great city, we walked along the Thames and visited many of the sights, including Big Ben, the Parliament Buildings, and West Minister Abbey to name a few. [View Full Entry]

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Dec 11, 2001 Hi everyone, this is my last official e-mail about the trip. I thought I would let everyone know that I finished uploading and sorting through the last of my online pictures. I added the last pictures form Nepal and cleaned them up some. I reorganized them into albums for each place I went. There are now 130 pictures in total on the site; however, I still have over 1,000 pictures to be developed! I literally have a world of pictures. Around the World and Back, Joel [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Bangkok, it is now 4:30 am and I am in the airport getting ready to fly out. I got here Thursday night, a day later then planned. Can anyone guess why? One guess only. I MISSED MY FLIGHT! This has been a quick visit. One quick stop in Hong Kong and it is off to Calgary and back to North America. This is the first time I am actually on time to catch a plane (the ticket window isn't even open yet). I know from experience that I have another 2.5 hours before they close the window for the [View Full Entry]

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