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Yes, I tried the link and saw that. Not sure what I've done wrong, so I've changed the text the ask viewers to copy and past the Google Photos link - which is correct.

Land Rover Discovery 2. 2.5 TD5. Model ES. Metallic silver. RHD. Auto. First registered 2003. Circa 164,000 kms (102,500 miles). Electric seat adjustment. Heated seats. Diff lock. PAS. Electric windows. Central Locking. Alarm. Tracker. Tow bar. Arm rests to front seats. Climate control...

After spending Christmas with us our son, Harry, who is house sitting for us whilst we are away, flew back to Dar from Cape Town, via Addis, on 28/12 and then back to the UK the next day, via Amsterdam. His return flight from Schipol to Bristol was cancelled due to problems caused by fog. He...

December 17, 2016 The Karoo Occasional views from the road 1.................... The Karoo is a semi-desert of low scrubland, barely supporting sheep, cattle and ostrich ranching across a wide swath of South Africa. Whirlwinds, ‘dust devils’ as they are known, track across the parched...

I was in Rhodesia from 1974-76, teaching at Gunea Fowl School, Gwelo. Like you I was amazed at how self sufficient they had managed to become under international sanctions and despite the encroaching 'Chimurenga' war. Sadly, soon after I left, the school was forced to close because of the...

Mike, Thanks for your suggestion. Peter Street the owner of Landyworx mentioned he would provide us with a diagnostic tool. I'll make a note to remind myself to ask him for it when we pass through Jo'burg on the way to Botswana and points North, including Malawi. Meanwhile I'll check out your...

You may ask, ‘Why a Land Rover?’ I should explain my choice of vehicle for our safari. When I first started planning the trip five years ago I was thinking of buying and preparing a car in the UK, shipping it to South Africa and starting our journey from Cape Town. I read up on 4 x 4 forums and...

I'll definitely contact Drifters, when we're in Joburg next week picking up the Disco. I've chosen the route through Zimbawe, in preference to Zambia, because I still have vivid memories of Zim (Rhodesia), from the 1970's when I taught at a school near Gweru and travelled widely. I'm looking...

Thanks for yours. I'd welcome any advice you can give on Malawi, especially campsite recommends. At the moment we plan to cross Mozambique from Zimbabwe, through Tete, and work our way up to the lake from there.

In Swahili, the lingua franca of East and Central Africa, ‘kumbu’ means memory. Kumbu-kumbu, as you may have guessed, means memories. ‘Safari’ is also a Swahili word, meaning ‘journey’, as opposed to the common assumption, a holiday to the game parks of Africa. To a certain extent our journey...