It appears that all animals are not pressed from the same mould be they wild or not. Our slumber serenade from Elephants was all boisterous bluster, indeed the Elephants are known to be the destructionists of the wild here as a result of having little or no natural predators beyond us humans. This security creates […]
Everything you’ve heard about those sleep sound machines is piffle, just piffle; you know the ones that sound like dolphins, rainforests or water? Well they’re nothing compared to the sleeping sounds of camping in Africa. Perched in a tent atop our car for the night we doze off serenaded by the call of the wild, […]
Back in Charlie’s home town the gallery is jittery, an expectant hush ripples across the masses as the stewards hold up the all too familiar hand held sign calling for quiet. Tiger Winn takes to the first tee to address the ball, the Selebi Phikwe faithful have waited 19 years for the return of the […]
With the conflicting first view into Africa still on the platform of a Johannesburg train station we’re finally at the start of this road trip we’ve been looking forward to for so long. Loaded up with a mountain of Biltong and a few basic staples we’re in our home for the next few weeks to […]
The fateful day must come at some time and now the grim reaper stands before us, we’re leaving the bubble for the first time in Africa. The cosy little corner of lightly roasted coffee, balanced wine, natural beauty and working internet is soon to be a thing of the past. In our near future is […]
From coming face to face with a great white to the definition of posh wealth, Stellenbosch sits so conspicuously yet comfortably close by to the untamed wild. Stellenbosch is a small town, a university town that hums with all the usual buzz and vibe that a youthful population brings. Trendy bars and cafes spill onto […]
There’s deep blue below us, the silken waters of the Indian Ocean roll and lap at the side of the boat. Salt mixes with a stronger than usual tint of fresh kelp to perfume the air we breathe. My mind wanders and wonders about a bottled version of this smell, surely this is the gentle […]
The sun rises and the world continues to turn, we’re still in the bubble of Cape Town and today promises no threat to the bubble beyond stretching its walls a little to peer slightly further afield. Three weeks, two boys, five countries and one car is the challenge in the near future but for now […]
Shaking off the remaining traces of a Latin life to the tune of a little lingering jet-lag we emerge into a new day, an African day. For one of us it’s an exciting new step in this travelling odyssey, for one of us it’s a return home to a youth and coming of age full […]
Buenos Aires hums and thrums with the pulse that only a big city can, a massive heaving mob of people crowded into a space probably a little too small and making something awesome of it anyway. In many ways BA represents so much of what Latin America has become to us: fashionable, energetic, disorganised and […]
Charlie and Steve's Excellent Adventure 