Welcome to my (occasional) travel blog.........

After 20+ years in the electronics industry it's time for a rest! So during 2011 I will be taking a year out to travel and fulfill some long held dreams. Plans include tramping the Milford track in New Zealand, diving the Raja Ampat islands in Irian Jaya and sea-kayaking in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

From May to October I'll be travelling the length of Africa from Cairo to Cape Town by truck. A journey of nearly 22,000 Km taking in 15 countries.

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Packing !!!


Heading for London on 5th May. Ummm, is voting and immediately leaving the country responsible citizsenship? Then onto Cairo on 8th May. If you want to follow along, the route plan (22,000Km!!!) and approximate time scales are;

Week #   Week of       (Very!!) Approx location                                          
1              12 May:        Egypt - Cairo / Western desert
2              16 May:        Egypt -  Luxor/ Aswan
3              23 May:        Sudan - Nubian desert / Khartoum
4              30 May:        Ethiopia - Gondar/Simien mountains
5                6 June:        Ethiopia - Axum/Lalibela/Addis Ababa
6              13 June:        Ethiopia -  South/Omo valley
7              20 June:        Kenya - North
8              27 June:        Uganda/Rwanda - mountain gorillas
9                 4 July:        Kenya - Nairobi
10             11 July:        Tanzania - Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar/diving.
11              18 July:       Malawi - Lake Malawi
12              25 July:       Zambia - Victoria falls
13               1 Aug:       Namibia - Caprivi Strip/Etosha park.
14               8 Aug:       Namibia - Swakopmund/Namib desert/Windhoek
15             15 Aug:       Botswana - Okavango delta/Naxi salt pans
16             22 Aug:       Zimbabwe - Bulawayo/Great Zimbabwe national monument
17             29 Aug:       Mozambique - Maputo /beaches/diving.
18              5 Sept:       Swaziland
19            12 Sept:       South Africa - iSimangaliso Park/Addo Elephantl Park
20            19 Sept:       South Africa - Stellenbosch/Cape Town

Due to arrive Cape Town 22 Sept.

Further details are on the Odyssey Overland web site;
http://www.odysseyoverland.co.uk/africa-route_south.htm

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