Is the Africa trip worth it ?

Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by Bob in General

I have always wanted to do an epic journey, and have been lucky enough to take in some great places and great countries, filled with people and experience, but it still lacks the esssence of a Quest ?

I look for inspiration in lots of different places – I love the Riaan Manser journeys, Kingsley Holgate is a hero , and I wished I had been able to give the African Surfer trip a go (but they seem to have gone quiet, Tim, guys ?)

Have you done a trip like it and are there things you would be up for ..

What about China in a Land Rover ? Crazy ? What kind of things do you want to do ?!

Bob

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10 Responses to “Is the Africa trip worth it ?”

  1. Gaby

    24. Jan, 2010

    Hey Bob

    Check out my friends, the Munros blog. They imported and customised a truck for them and their two little ones to travel around Africa. They’ve just gotten back. http://www.munromobile.blogspot.com/

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    • Bob

      24. Jan, 2010

      thanks gabs – will do – gonna need your help on my jailbreak , seven days at the waterfront leaves alot of time for the social media world !!

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  2. bongi

    24. Jan, 2010

    interestingly enough i’ve been thinking about a road trip through the states. not wild but it might interesting to meet the normal everyday people. the ones you don’t see on tv. missing work, however, makes it financially impractical .

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  3. rob elliott

    24. Jan, 2010

    the simple answer to your question is ABSOLUTELY!

    just ot back from a trip. decided to do the trip as part of a move back from london to the mother city. good mates with the african surfers and they were certainly instrumentally motivational.

    joburg to cape town via uganda – http://www.greenafrican.com (stories not updated)
    pics here – http://picasaweb.google.com/greenafrican/GreenAfrican#

    i’m thinkng my next adventure has got to be to patagonia to alaska. boarding the andes and rockies en route! epic!

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  4. Gaby

    24. Jan, 2010

    absolutely! have a look at this too, friends of my dad. http://3boyzonbikes.com/randgold/view/randgold/en/page6263

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  5. Luyanda

    25. Jan, 2010

    I’m doing the Cape to Cairo route by using public transport in October this year. The plan is to use a minimum of 3 different types of public transport in each country, i.e. bus, taxi, train, boat, etc., excerpt planes. I have planned to do it over 5 – 6 weeks and go through 10 countries..

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  6. thorks

    25. Jan, 2010

    just to jump on bandwagon here – mates of mine are nearing the completion of their epic journey, Will almost be 2 year by the time they get back to London. Steve and Roxy (http://www.overafrica.org) did it in style, converting an old bedford truck into a camper truck, named shongololo. They met up with Tim and the boys (africansurfer) in London to get the low down on the west cost.
    I personally feel its the one thing that we as South Africans should all do, and thats visit more of africa, including South Africa itself.

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  7. Russ Symcox

    25. Jan, 2010

    Hey Bob, tried getting hold of Andy and Dan to get your details, but why not join us for a day or two on our trip around the South African coastline in April? Check out the group Coast2Coast4CANSA on facebook or our website. We’d love to have you on-board! Thanks for the great blogs and twit updates.

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  8. nicci

    26. Jan, 2010

    * north – east coastline of madagascar – mountain bike it and paddle – the most beautiful, authentic, safest and relatively un-explored place in Africa…we did it in dec ‘97 and its still the best holiday I’ve had…

    *paddle the Bass Strait (between Tassie and mainland Aussie) – takes about a week in double ocean kayaks- have friends who have done it twice – they will guide you/organise for a small fee… Its like an island-hop to get across.

    *”quick” one – the Kokoda challenge run/trek in queensland, Oz – 17th July 2010 – to replicate the real kokoda trail – done in teams of 4 – 96km on foot – google the website
    Entries open 1st Feb

    *Tuichi river white water rafting – 7-10 days after a 2 day over-land 4×4 and 2 days trek with donkeys. Bolivia. Raw un-explored, genuine south american amazon with no tourists.. Hasn’t been “run” by many peolpe. We did it with Discovery Channel but Im not sure if there are any formal tour operators doing it. Would need some river guides with grade 5 river guiding experience
    (or do the Franklin river in Tassie)

    All these trips involve a lot more being active than just sitting in a truck ect…

    I could go on … : )

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