ALASTAIR + LALEINIA

It is impossible to summarize our African experience and do it any justice with words, but we have to try. As we were creating this video, we were amazed and so appreciative of all the things we have been able to see and do in these last few months. What an experience! We have been able to see such an incredible range of things, from animals to cities, mountains, people, art, and culture. We have traveled in cars, on planes, boats, quad bikes, buses, cable cars, safari trucks, even elephants! We have slept in a beautiful house, nasty (and some nice) hostels, a rondavel, safari tent, cabin, and the back of a car. We have traveled almost constantly, and have even eaten crocodile on more than one occasion. We have had the time of our lives. Being in Africa has strengthened our desire to experience as much of the world as we can. We will definitely look back often with happiness at our time in Southern Africa! And we must say that we wouldn't have been able to enjoy all that we d...

One of the travel rules that we have lived by is to make the most of wherever you are. Chobe and Victoria Falls are quite close to the northeastern section of Namibia, known as the Caprivi Strip, and since we don't suppose that we will ever be in Namibia again (unless we get to hike the sand dunes at some point), we wanted to visit. We knew almost nothing about the Caprivi Strip, apart from that there is one village called Kabbe on Google maps, which we thought we would try to find. We figured that if we found nothing there, we could write it off as Bucket List item #7: Be in the middle of nowhere. Funnily enough, as we were about to leave for Namibia, we were approached by a Japanese guy called Kotaro who wanted a ride into Kasane. When he found out that we were headed to Namibia, he asked if he could tag along and be left at the border. No problem! He was a really cool guy, but Alastair wishes that he hadn’t asked to look at Kotaro’s passport. It was so impressive that i...