North America Seattle (day 3) As mentioned, the cool parts of Seattle are in the districts outside of the city centre. So we head for one called Queen Anne (or Green Eggs, as we've affectionately dubbed it). Unlike Portland where each district had its own vibe, this one feels about the same as
North America Seattle (day 2) After almost a week of American type breakfasts, we're feeling relatively slug like and head to a Cafe in Capitol Hill, which looks like it serves normal sized and healthy breakfast options. The area we walk through to get there is pretty ritzy looking, apartments blocks line the
North America Portland to Seattle Rise and shine and time to check-out. We've got a breakfast place lined up back in Alberta district based on internet recommendations. We jump in the Uber with all our gear and get another up-vote from the driver. She loves Pine State Biscuits, so I think we are
North America Portland, Oregon This city has captured our imagination. It's a decently sized city, but not too big. It's very walk-able, and bike friendly. Cars are constantly giving way to us, even when we aren't at a crossing. It's progressive - known as the Silicon-Forest
North America San Jose to Portland We've got a flight to Portland to catch so we're up early. Which we're pretty stoked about considering we were out a little too late drinking one too many craft brews last night. Ah well, we can sleep on the plane. The drive to
North America Pebble Beach, Silicon Valley and San Jose We cruise through the town of Monterey this morning, top down, heated seats on. It's a quaint little town with plenty going on. Courts spots some seals so we stop to have a look. On the map we spot Pebble Beach, the world famous golf course. Definitely worth
North America Malibu / Santa Barbara / Monterey After not having slept for close to 24 hours, we wake up feeling fresh as daises. We're headed for Monterey and the plan is to take the pacific coastal highway route, we've heard it's quite the scenic delight. First stop along the route is
North America Los Angeles We arrive in LA around 6:00am after a 14 hour odd flight. Neither of us has really slept despite our best efforts, so we're not feeling the finest. That quickly changes as soon we clear customs and step into the California sunshine! We've hired a
Africa The Garden Route, South Africa Our plan for the last week of our 6 week Africa journey is to do the Garden Route - a stretch of South Africa's south coast from Mossel Bay to Storms River. We say goodbye to the high-life as we leave the manor and continue East. The road
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Lion's Head, Cape Point, Franschhoek We rise bright and early and a little dusty from the beer sampling the night before. Best cure is to climb Lion's Head, we think. So off we go. This hike is shorter and easier than Table Mountain, but it should have an awesome view of Table Mountain
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Woodstock, Long St We've been enjoying Cape Town so much and because there's heaps to do, we decide to stay a day longer. This means we need to check out of our loft and into new accommodation. We check out mid-morning and aren't able to hit up
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Langa Township, Robben Island Today we've booked in for the township tour we missed on our arrival. Townships, aka "informal housing settlements", aka "slums" are where the bulk of the city's population live. This is set to be a true eye-opener for us. We are picked
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Table Mountain We've been admiring it since we arrived, now it's time to climb it - Table Mountain. There are number of ways to do it. We decide to take the long option which takes us to the highest point, Maclear's Beacon. This is via the
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - City Centre, Bo-Kaap Today is the first day of our trip where we don't have anything on the agenda. Since the day we stepped off the plane in Vic Falls, it's been all systems go. We have a good sleep in, then meander into the city centre. The only
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Gansbaai Go to Gansbaai, they said. See the sharks, they said.... We're picked up from our Green Point loft at 7am. Gansbaai (baai = bay) is about a 2 and a half hours to the East so we make tracks, past the kilometers of slums and into the forest region.
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Stellenbosch, Signal Hill Today is South Africa's biggest test - wine tour time. Those of you that know the real SA (South Australia), know how unbeatable our wines are. We've dabbled in some SA (South African) wines throughout our trip, but as you can imagine, the choices are limited
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Mediclinic, Waterfront Three weeks of camping done and dusted, today we are headed for Cape Town. Mixed emotions as we've heard awesome things about The Mother City, yet sad to say goodbye to the nomadic camping lifestyle, surprisingly. We see our first sign of Cape Town about half an hour
Africa Cederberg, South Africa Our massive days of travelling are coming to an end. A shortish drive into the Cederberg mountains today and into one of South Africa's wine regions. More and more vines are showing up on the landscape now. We stop in at the town of Springbok. It's
Africa Orange/Gariep River, South Africa Today's drive will be a short one, as we cross the natural and border between Namibia and South Africa. We make a quick stop at a small town for supplies and use the second most unsavoury toilet of the trip. The locals wave at the truck. And wave.
Africa Fish River Canyon, Namibia Another early start, today we're off to Fish River Canyon. Bye - bye dunes, Hello multiple rock formations that dwarf Uluru. The scenery for today's drive is awesome. The drive itself, not so much. The stupidly bumpy ride actually breaks the table in the back of
Africa Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia Picture the world's oldest desert - massive, rolling sand dunes, baking sun. That's what we're heading for today. First stop is the industrial town of Walvis Bay to spot some Flamingos. They don't disappoint; massive numbers of different sizes and colours. The
Africa Swakopmund, Namibia We arrive in Swakopmund and are like wide eyed bushmen setting their sights on a big city for the first time. After almost two weeks camping in the middle of nowhere, this is the largest and most civilised town we've seen since leaving Australia! Swakopmund was founded by
Africa Brandberg Mountain / Spitzkoppe, Namibia We depart the Etosha region and head south-west. No more driving for game now, but we should still see plenty of animals over the coming weeks. This is Africa, after all. We are going to get a chance to meet some locals today; people from the Herero and Himba tribes.
Africa Etosha National Park, Namibia Routine start to the day - pommy wash, pack our bags, put down tent, shove down breakfast and hit the road. Today we're heading to Etosha National Park, just a cool 700km in the truck. We stop in at Rundu on our way for snacks and fuel. This
Africa Divundu, Namibia We set off early from Maun and continue our journey Westward. We will be entering Namibia today. As we progress the roads become progressively worse. Tar giving way to dirt in some places. Towns become less frequent. They are more like villages. In some cases a few makeshift sheds with
