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120 pages of adventurous ups and downs,...

TRAVELS WITH THIMBA: THE (e)BOOK

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With sweat on my forehead I wake up in the middle of the night. I dreamt that I was in Zambia without a visa. Oh well, dreams, you know. In the...

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Africa's Southermost point

“You cannot enter South-Africa with your dog.”

Even with a formal exit permit from the Namibian state vet, I dreaded...

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Kolmanskop, Namibia

If you want to experience the real Africa (whatever that may be), don’t go to Namibia. If you want to see the “big five” you may...

sorry, posted in wrong forum

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Kolmanskop, Namibia

If you want to experience the real Africa (whatever that may be), don’t go to Namibia. If you...

Harry did some work on my Defender (transfer box and rear prop) 6 weeks ago. When I had the car serviced at East End Workshop this week, it became clear what the quality of Harry's repairs were:...

Hi,

Camped there a fews weeks ago. Friendly place, secure, good ablutions, WIFI on the site. Just a bit expensive at 140 per person.

Cheers from Windhoek (Cardbox Backpackers, for 80, good...

Moose is dead, but Solitaire is bustling. The character of the old fuel station is perhaps best preserved by the car wrecks.

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Hi Guys,

I need 2 BF Goodrich AT's fitted to my Defender. Any suggestions for an address in Windhoek, Namibia?

Cheers,

Gee

Hi,
Thanks for the compliment!
We took a local Himba guide, just because he speaks the language. It was a small and remote village of about 15 people which we reached after a 6 km hike through the...

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies/compliments. Much appreciated!

Cheers from Kamanjab, Namibia,

Gee

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Near Spitskoppe

After the adventures in West and Central Africa, Namibia is a vacation. I picked up Mees from Windhoek airport two weeks ago, and we...

Hi Ronald,

Je hoeft de Duvelkes nog niet koud te zetten, maar ben al wel in Namibia. Daar ga ik de komende paar maanden samen met een van mijn dochters en mijn vrouw rondtrekken. En mijn hond,...

Thanks!

Greets from Namibia,
Gee

Hi,

Does anyone know a good Land Rover or general 4x4 garage in Windhoek. After 21.000 km through Africa it's time for a decent check and some minor repairs.

Cheers from Namibia,

Gee

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The guides hand sigal lefts and rights and – most frequently – slow! Deadslow! The brakes squeek as we very gradually make our way down the hill. I...

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A bogged down truck blocking the road. Congo

Some serious off-road driving in Congo
After the border at Ndendé the piste offers new off-road...

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Baby chimp. Afi Mountain Reserve, Nigeria

In 2006 the BBC reported that Nigerian politicians had syphoned off or wasted $ 380 billion, more than the...

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Siësta, Grand Popo, Benin

“Is this Nigeria?”
From Big Milly’s in Accra it’s only a three to four hours drive to Lomé in Togo. Good roads, it’s...

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Fishermen preparing their boat. Kokrobite, Ghana

The veterinary inspector
After spending some days at the beach at Ivory Coast’s Grand Bassam, near...

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sunset in Robertsport, Liberia

“Your driver’s license has expired!”
Driving into Monrovia the next day to pick up my Ghana visa, I am stopped by a...

After all the carnival festivities, which culminated in the big parade yesterday, the city is very quiet early in the morning at 7.30. I'm heading for the Fouta Djalon mountains, together with my...

Hi all,

How easy it can be: I applied last Friday here in Bissau, and left the embassy an hour later with a postdated (my request) 3 months visa. Took one form to fill in, two photos and about 75...

So true!:)

Cheers,

Gee

One checkpoint gets really nasty, however. The "red-eyed team": you never know how they will react when they're on drugs!. It's five of them, and it's as if they're ticking the boxes: what can we...

Thanks very much! I certainly will!:)

Happy travels,

Gee

Tendaba Camp

On the South Bank of the Gambian River, some 45 km. from Farafenni, is Tendaba Camp. A hunting camp in the 1970s it is now a regular tourist feature on the upriver schedules of boat...

There are so many checkpoints, I forget how many. Most of them very friendly. After the usual and mutual courtesies, I give them a homemade, preprinted fiche with all my personal and vehicle...

I met up with Manfred and Gaby, a German couple from Munich, on a campsite some 30 km. from Laayoune. I had first met them in Agdz during my two-month shakedown trip in Morocco. They have travelled...

Hi all,

A forum newby from The Netherlands, on the road through Africa.
I've just started an overlanding journey of about 12 months through Africa (I am in Morocco right now), that will take me...

Thanks, I will!

Cheers,

Gee

Very sharp indeed!

Cheers,

Gee

Doen we!;D

Cheers,

Gee

Bedankt voor de info!

Cheers,

Gee