Author Archives: Richard

Greetings from Buenos Aires. Things have been VERY slow around here during the New Year´s four day weekend. Almost everything closed on the afternoon of the 31st and just opened up today. Myung is off doing her own thing. That … Continue reading →

… I didn´t make it. I guess I looked at the wrong chapter in Lonely Planet. I didn´t think I needed a visa for Brazil, but I do. They wouldn´t let me on the plane for the Toronto-Sao Paolo leg … Continue reading →

I feel like I owe you all an apology. I haven’t posted an entry in months. True, there was no place we were in Africa, until the very end in South Africa, where I could upload pictures. However, I could … Continue reading →

Since I last wrote, we finally made it to Chobe National Park in Botswana. We first tried to get in from the south, but the main bridge was washed out and you should have seen the row of logs some … Continue reading →

Hi everybody. You could say we got into some deep shit week before last. This is a typical road situation in a park with rhinos. They like to poop on the road and smish it around. It’s a territorial thing. … Continue reading →

Myung and I are back in Outjo, getting my brakes fixed. They had to order parts, so we went to Etosha National Park, about 120 km north of here (without rear or parking brakes). The scenery isn’t magnificent, but the … Continue reading →

This area is one of the last frontiers in southern Africa. One can see why. There are few people, and most of them are in small tribal groups. The big animals are unfenced. The roads, or should I say tracks, … Continue reading →

Some places are as good as advertised. As if THAT wasn’t enough, Namibia was a German colony until after WW 1, so there are many people of German decent here. So there’s strudel in the morning! This is Moose. He … Continue reading →

Hi, y’all. I’m a little surprised to be able to blog again so soon. We were in the boonies of southern Namibia until yesterday. There was definitely no opportunity to get to a computer. Shoot, there is a lot of … Continue reading →

We’ve been in South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho for a little over 2 months, and will be starting the drive up to Namibia in a few days. Right now, we are in Cape Town enjoying “civilization” while we can. Namibia … Continue reading →