Around Africa in a Shorty

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Good evening,

As usual I have started a vehicle build with the intention of being a weekend warrior and of course like all of us, it blows out.

Well what do you do with a highly modified pajero?
Why not ship it to africa and beat the hell out of it.

EDIT: I tried to do write ups but it wont accept my links for some reason so I will jsut provide links to the blogs daily.

Packing up in Perth, Western Australia:

Tight Squeeze > WrongTurn.com.au

The stresses and joys of shipping a vehicle

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Arrive in Mozambique:

Welcome to Moz > WrongTurn.com.au

After 4 weeks in the DRC working it was time to collect our baby. We arrive late into Maputo and head to our hotel for a few days of down time and relaxing as needed. The national museum is alright overall, and the local places to eat are fantastic. If there is one thing that […]

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I will add 2 more blogs every day or you can read ahead on the wbsite. I have until we reach Namibia completed.

 

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Continuing On today we hang around the Elephant reserve south of Maputo then work our way north for a proper relax on the beach.

Are There Lions Here? > WrongTurn.com.au

I don’t know? “I Wanna Sit on The Roof” – Asareh We wake early after a lovely sleep, the tent is comfy. Did I mention we have no LPG bottles yet, so after getting a fire going we cook omelets for breakfast. The coffee when camping is always better. Breakfast 50 meters away the …

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#SpeedingFines > WrongTurn.com.au

#BeachLife #SpeedingFines We hit the road north around 10am, and exit the park, no elephants today. At the exit gate I attempt to refill the tyres. Apparently at 8 years old my ARB fill hose has had enough and promptly explodes. A quick fix and shorter hose later we are aired up and back […]

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Stay tuned for more

 

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Amazing blog! This kind trip definitely would be in my bucket list.

 

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With the teaser trip through Moz finished we head back to work, this is shortly lived as we end up packing up for a real adventure and leave Joburg headed northwest.

The GPS Said It Was A Road < WrongTurn.com.au

Where we’re going we don’t need roads… Working our way out to the main highway We pack up and leave the campsite, with plans from the owners to take the new ring road around the the SA boarder, a nice easy drive. It had rained so the drive out was a bit wet and […]

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Commit < WrongTurn.com.au

The Big Pack The decision has been made to fully pack the house and commit to Africa. I head back to Perth and pack up the house, the workshop and pack everything we want to keep away into permanent storage. During this time I have chosen to get a heap of work completed on the […]

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Loaded up:

 

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We spend a day checking out animals in the national park then quickly hammer to Botswana to properly begin the trip

Day 1 < WrongTurn.com.au

The Trip Starts With an early morning exit we make quick miles out of town headed for Pilanesburg National Park, PNP for short. We get a bit lost at sun city as you cant enter from that side, so a quick back track finds us at the gate. Our first taste of wild […]

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Botswana Baby < WrongTurn.com.au

Welcome To Botswana We are up early as its freezing, 2c outside. Coffee never tasted so good. With Amarula that is. Packed up we motor for the border but of course take the back roads because why not. Most of this trip will end up being dirt roads. No one was keen to get out […]

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Making the call we push north into the central Kalahari for a 7 days bush adventure.

Ding... dingding...DING < WrongTurn.com.au

Needs More Cowbell We wake the next morning and make our way to the watering hole on foot but there is nothing there, a bit of exercise never hurt though. Packing up we motor into town for a restock, as we have new plans. I don’t even know why we make plans weeks in […]

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Central Kalahari < WrongTurn.com.au

Fuel Calculations We pull up to the gates of the CKGR and prepare ourselves. We are beyond excited. Proper off road time. We talk to a local who runs the private camps sites about fuel consumption. I’m not liking the numbers. I sit and crunch numbers while Asareh pays all of our fees. We […]

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Continuing through the Kalahari, we drive the softest sand to date.

Central Kalahari < WrongTurn.com.au

Fuel Calculations We pull up to the gates of the CKGR and prepare ourselves. We are beyond excited. Proper off road time. We talk to a local who runs the private camps sites about fuel consumption. I’m not liking the numbers. I sit and crunch numbers while Asareh pays all of our fees. We […]

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Just Relax... < WrongTurn.com.au

Sand….deep sand, It so bloody soft. We rise and make an amazing breakfast, avo’s and all. Heading north we start hitting this soft sand we were warned about, I drop down to about 10/12 PSI and we carry on, fuel consumption sitting around 25-30L per 100 im starting to worry a bit. Breakfast of […]

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We start seeing our first wild elephants and even have a nice hot shower.

Elephants!! All Over!! < WrongTurn.com.au

Start the car!!! Waking up we sit and enjoy our coffee, Normally we are the lazy campers leaving at 10-11 but to day we have some serious miles to cover, and its soft soft sand. We get rolling and head further north, the sun climbs higher and higher and the sand gets softer […]

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Hot Water Shower < WrongTurn.com.au

Today is the day, we wake up once the sun has allowed the temperature to climb a bit. No point in freezing. With a small fire started back up Asareh starts breakfast, omelet . I go about the important business of heating up water, this is where metal jugs are great, I place one […]

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Were getting low on fuel due to the sand, but we do see a honey badger.

Fuel Lights Galore < WrongTurn.com.au

The birds, clearly sick of the snoring wake us up. Do do dooooo, on repeat. Nice the first time, after a while, please leave my camp. A light breakfast of toast and amarula coffee gets us running. I get all the cameras back on charge and transfer photos as required. The handbags are out in […]

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Honey Badger Don't Care < WrongTurn.com.au

We’re not doing that again… Time: 6AM Location: Sunday pan Temp: 1c Lions: MIA This was our one and only early wake up attempt, we froze, seen no lions, and got stuck behind slow driving tourists. But we did see a honey badger so that was a slight win. National Geo hasn’t returned my […]

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In todays story we head in Moremi National Park, but no before a carwash.

Cars And Coffee < WrongTurn.com.au

Have you seen my dress? After a slow start to the day we begin planning, with a well thought out plan to make the most of the day we head out, stop number 1: ARB which wasn’t even open yet but he let us pick up a bbq mesh grill for our fire. Then off […]

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Making our way through the park we see heaps of animals including a leopard! lucky!!

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Moving on we head into town for a restock, and the help recover a stuck tourist.

Glamping? Maybe Not < WrongTurn.com.au

Packing up early we have cake and coffee and roll out of the park headed for town, we have plans and try to somewhat stick to them. With plans to stay at a lodge with glamping we get wifi and sort it out, only to discover that its actually self catering, so some miss communication […]

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Bogged < WrongTurn.com.au

But not us…. Waking up early I head out and inspect wagon, adjust the exhaust and tighten a bolt. Basic stuff that can end a trip is easily fixed with a basic tool kit and some know how. Ignoring these small problems can snowball out of control. leaving you stranded possibly in an area […]

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We camp around the baobab trees and enjoy some salt lake crossing

Baines Baobabs < WrongTurn.com.au

The birds wake us up today and its not to cold so we make our way out of bed, pack up with just a coffee and leave. We have skipped a few breakfast’s and need to stop doing that. But we did stretches so that sorta makes up for it. With the camera on time […]

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Salt, Steak, And Sunsets > WrongTurn.com.au

 

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We spend more time on the salt flats before heading to a rhino sactuary.

That Sinking Feeling < WrongTurn.com.au

Minimum wind on wake up, Coffee complete, we move to the voting stations, shower? 100% yes. With the water heated we get clean from the dust of the day past. Today is the test day for the dust issue, we will see if the holes are all sorted and I am pleased to announce we […]

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Khama Rhino Sanctuary < WrongTurn.com.au

Up early, I make a pot of coffee with a hint of vanilla.. which goes unnoticed.. the effort I put in.. .sheesh. It is way to bright for this time of day Morning at camp, about to get ready for the day An omelet and sun keep us occupied till 930. And pack up […]

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We work our way through the worst construction dust then end up at elephant sands.

Short Cuts and Construction < WrongTurn.com.au

The attempted early wake up, Time, 8am. Temperature, Bullsh*t. We crawl unwillingly our of bed and start the day. Coffee, shower and hit the road headed for Francis Town for a restock and laundry. Apparently I cant wear the same shirt every day.. no matter how good I think it looks. We pull out...

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Elephant Sands < WrongTurn.com.au

More Elephants than you can shake a stick at This will cover our 2 days at Elephant Sands, mainly please just enjoy the photos of baby elephants playing. And big elephants ruling the joint. I have been having a slight issue with food, mainly I/we now struggle with processed food. You eat healthy...

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Working our way north towards Zambia, we cross in and deal with a few extra problems.

Pandamatenga < WrongTurn.com.au

Because its funny to say and Kasane’s In Sight With just enough hot water for a shower we pack and motor on. We had plans to drive hunters road but due to work we decided we need connection and power onto Kasane. The road here is nice, 120 the whole way, a few ellies getting […]

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We Said "NO!" < WrongTurn.com.au

This phrase is how you cross into Zambia. You have been warned. A side note, you have to be firm with the people as they will push push push. the second and third time I crossed the border they remembered the vehicle and I had zero hassle. I start the day with someone how succeeding […]

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We spend almost a week in Livingstone chasing waterfalls and drinking. enjoy

Livingstone Round 1 < WrongTurn.com.au

These 2 blogs will cover a 6 day period in Livingstone, as we checked out Victoria falls and surrounds. Waking up we head to a fantastic breakfast then quickly hop in the wagon and head for Vic falls. We figure we will hike boiling pot first and get the hard stuff completed before it […]

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Livingstone Round 2 < WrongTurn.com.au

Livingstone continued Day 4: We pack up the wagon and enjoy breakfast, and as usual I get questioned about my fake plates while packing. There not, but super unusual for the locals to see ones without numbers. We make our way into town and Asareh goes and sorts her hair out while I go hit […]

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Left you all hanging, The completed series is up

From where I left off:

When Will It End... < WrongTurn.com.au

The pot holes that is. I wake up early with the familiar beeping noise from the inside of the wagon.. ahh the fridge has finally gone into low power mode. But we have been sitting for 6 days now with no real driving so I am happy with the length of time it did run […]

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And the final bonus blog of my driving into DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo - Bonus blog < WrongTurn.com.au

Here we are in the Democratic Republic Of Congo!! Enjoy these photos of us working our way around. I have just added small descriptions under the photos for where it is and what was going on. ENJOY! The route selected It started with having to head to DRC for work and instead of fly like […]

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Enjoy! and let me know what you think. vehicle is getting shipped to Turkey hopefully in 2 weeks time.