We have been here in Pointe Noire, Congo for over a week now. Just what are we doing here you might ask? Well, we are playing the waiting game. We are waiting for our visas to Angola, the link in the chain that currently separates us here in Central Africa with our rendezvous the south. […]
Category Archives: Africa
Going Through A Rough Patch
April 24, 2008 – 8:23 am
We have not posted anything in a few days, but honestly, we have had a lot of other things on our minds. We are, without a doubt, at one of the most difficult points in the expedition here in the Congo. After securing relatively difficult to obtain visas for both the Republic of the Congo […]
Oh The Places We Have Been
April 15, 2008 – 7:37 am
I was going through some old pictures on my hard drive, sorting things out to try and make my computer run faster and it reminded me just exactly where we have been on this trip. Unfortunately, I think my computer problems are related not to the amount of space photos are taking up on my […]
Travel Advisories
April 11, 2008 – 12:32 pm
The US state Department does a pretty good job of issuing travel advisories. Travel advisories provide information to US citizens traveling abroad to let them know that either the area they are in may not be particularly safe or to make would be travelers to a particular region reconsider their plans to go there in […]
Something Is Not Right Here
April 10, 2008 – 12:54 pm
The number one expense on The World by Road is fuel. To date, we have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $23,000 on fuel. We thought that Africa was going to be cheap, and compared to Europe, it is, but it is still fairly expensive to fill up here in west central Africa. As a […]
This One Takes The Cake
April 9, 2008 – 12:49 pm
We have covered a lot of miles on The World by Road and the terrain we have driven is as diverse as the countries we have passed through. Obviously, the road can get pretty bad from time to time and it always leads to the same question: Is this the worst road we have been […]
Challenge of the Week: Crime Patrol, Crooked Borders and Catastrophe Roads
April 8, 2008 – 9:29 am
Over a week ago now was the beginning of the action packed speed run through Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and then further down the coast of the West coast of Africa. The Thundra and Little Pepe are now safely resting in the courtyard of the Botanic Gardens Guesthouse here in Limbe, Cameroon. The crew and the […]
TIA again
April 7, 2008 – 1:48 pm
Sorry for the lack of content lately. We have been working on it a ton, but finding a place to upload is nearly impossible. Our hope is for it all to start tomorrow. We have not forgotten about you, just lacking in resources. TIA.
New Video – Burkina Faso – TIA – Getting Air in a Tire
March 28, 2008 – 7:44 am
This journey has proven and disproved many thoughts and ideas I had about the world. Many of the ideas I have come from movies I have seen. Most of the time when I see an American Hollywood movie about a place I just assume that everything is dramatized and most likely adapted to make the […]
New Timeline
March 26, 2008 – 6:44 am
For those of you that like to keep tabs on us and where we are, the timeline is now updated. It should be generally accurate for the next couple of months and we will keep changing it as our schedule changes. Click the link below to check it out. Timeline
