The time is nearly upon us. After more than a year of planning, the families Le Breton and Harford-Adams are about to embark on a shared adventure driving up the length of Africa and then, just for good measure, driving back down again. Our mission is to get to Cape Town, but our route takes us there by way of Cairo. And Khartoum, and Addis Ababa. And Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, Bujumbura, Maputo and Mbabane...
Departure date is Sunday 21st December. We'll head north as quick as we can, and hope to reach a beach in Tanzania by Christmas Day. Our target is Pangani (south of Tanga), but we're from a landlocked country so, hey, any beach will do!
With 20 days to go, we're into the final frenzy, getting visas, sorting out our vehicles, wondering how on earth we're going to fit 9 people plus kit for 6 months into 2 vehicles etc etc. And I'm also tying things up at PhytoTrade to hand over to a group of my colleagues who, as you can imagine, are chuffed to bits at the prospect of having to cover for me for 6 months. (Thanks, guys, I'm going to owe you all so many beers when I get back, we'll be on liquid diet for a month!).
A lot to think of, and not much time for blogging then. But I wanted to at least get this started, which I have now duly done. More soon! Gus
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In which the Le Breton family get lost in Africa while travelling from their home in Harare (Zimbabwe)to see the penguins in Cape Town (South Africa).
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