We had been quite hesitant whether we really wanted to do more game drives / safaris after all the game driving we already did and the costs of tours and entry fees to the national parks of Tanzania had put us off. We actually had decided we did not want to spend all that money on more of the same. But then we where in Mwanza and we were close to the gate of Serengeti and we heard that the yearly migration of around 1.5 million wildebeests was going on just close to where we were and then Emanuel of Stripes Safaris found us and offered us a deal we could not refuse …. and so we went for a 3 day / 2 night tour from Mwanza to Arusha through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Both ... read more

We have arrived from rainy Dar Es Salaam some weeks after the rainy season in Malawi has stopped and the winter has started with a perfect climate of clear skies and somewhat warm but most of the time not too hot temperatures. From the very first step on Malawian soil we see a beautiful country with beautiful people. Everywhere we are welcomed and greeted by the most friendly people. Especially in the small towns we cannot walk around without responding to a friendly ‘hello, how are you?’ every few minutes to all random strangers and even the official at the airport who provides us with our visa. Malawians are maybe the nicest and friendliest people we have met until so far during our whole trip and the Malawians treat us as equals rather than look up ... read more

We had a few great days with Leigh (friend and ex-colleague of Judith) and Louis at their amazing boutique guesthouse The Pablo House in Johannesburg (https://www.facebook.com/pablohousemelville/). They really spoilt us and we relaxed a bit but also had quite a night in what was easily the best place we stayed at the past year of travelling ánd we had the best breakfast ever in the popular Pablo’s Eggs Go Bar (https://www.facebook.com/pabloeggsgobarmelville/) owned and run by Louis. In Joburg I (Merijn) went to visit a dentist because I felt some pain but the dentist could not see anything at the x-ray and I left with a handful of painkillers and anti-inflammatory pills. Then, after 3 months and on the last day of our SA visa, it was time to leave South Africa. We left t... read more

So it’s been a year now since we left our comfortable work-hard-play-hard lives in London, where life was more or less all about work and trying to spend our free time as best as we could. We traded it in for another type of life, where now there is no work at all and all we do is travel. To travel sometimes feels a bit like work we have to admit. For us it is clearly something different than holidays. We have been on the road travelling through 14 countries and we have stayed in 128 different places. We travelled 46.337 kilometres in total of which 22.100 with flights meaning around 24.000 over land and sea. The longest day of travelling by bus was 26 hours but we got really used to travelling long distances and ... read more

Muchas gracias, muite obrigado Central & South America for an amazing ten months. We’ve lost our hearts to this beautiful and diverse continent, where we learnt a new language (and a bit of of Portuguese as a bonus) met the friendliest & happiest people full of life climbed the mountain top furthest away from the core of the earth climbed and camped on an active volcano learnt some simple life lessons hiked into one of the deepest canyons on this planet swam and dove with sharks, turtles, dolphins, lizards and our favourites of all: sea lions visited coffee plantations, vineyards, a rum factory and a artisanal cachaça distillery (and enjoyed tasting them :) ) gained new friends, rekindled old friendships and had a surprise visit of dear friends … and created many more unforgettable ... read more