After a couple of days snorkelling at the Gulf of Aqaba, we started to explore Jordan, by visiting the famous Wadi Rum. We were curious, if after all the spectacular landscape in Saudi Arabia, we would be impressed by another desert landscape. We first stopped at the train station, which had a supposedly authentic Hijaz Railway …
On the way to the Rainbow Arch, we ran into Kristin & Toby again, which we had met in Muscat about 2 months ago. They are travelling with their 2 cats in the same direction as we do. The Rainbow Arch is a famous sight, as the arch is very big and not too far …
From Ash Shuwaymiyah to Duqm, the route was quite boring, taking us through endless plains with not much to see. Later, we were closer to the coast again but the landscape was mostly monotonous. For the night, we found a lovely spot at the lagoon of Wadi Tarif. Like all this lagoons, many birds were …
We’ve had noises coming from the brake system since Kenya, but the situation has gotten worse since we arrived in Oman. When Edi checked the rear axle, it turned out that one brake disc on one side was worn out. Carelessly, he had only ever checked the front brake discs in Kenya. We were lucky …
After more than 50 thousand kilometres in rough terrain and 13 countries in Africa I try to answer the question, if it was the right decision to use a 4×4 MB Sprinter for the challenging environment of the black continent. And the crucial question is: Will the 4×4 Sprinter take us home again? To make …
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There is nothing more beautiful or more spectacular as the coast of Mozambique. Endless clean beaches with palm trees, sand dunes, crystal clear water and nobody around! Driving north from Maputo we did a couple of stops, and every camp we visited was fantastic. End of November / beginning of December seems to be a …
In Kalabo, we took the pontoon over the Luanginga River and immediately had deep sand to tackle. We were heading into the Liuwa National Park, famous for its wildebeest migration and the flat plains, which will flood as soon as the rain starts. Driving on and off the pontoon with our overhang was a little …
Coming from the Ngonye Falls, we reached Mongu, where we found a big supermarket and petrol station, but no camping, so we continued to Ikithe Luxury Resort at a lake north of Mongu, where we waited for the third car, driven by Michi and Elli from Hannover. On the way back to Mongu we visited …
We reached Sesfontein, which has an old German fortress and a small village around. As we are now in the Kaokoveld, the area every off-roader dreams about, we had considered if we could do a tour through the most empty part of Namibia. The D3707 would lead from here to Puros and back to Opuwo …
From the Vashlovani National Park, we were now on our way to Tbilisi, but headed first to a desert like area with colourful mountains. They are also called rainbow mountains and are south-east of Tbilisi. We took a fascinating route through an endless valley, which got just a little bit too challenging for us. In …
