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These are some of our favourite memories from along the way…
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April 2012, Malawi
- We complete our Open Water Diving course in the fresh waters of Lake Malawi
- Adventure night dive, hunting with the friendly Dolphin fish
- Our sad sad goodbye to our home in Mayoka Village, Nkhata Bay. We’ll miss you.
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March 2012, Malawi
- Remote Ruarwe where River meets Lake
- Settling in at Mayoka Village with our Mayoka family
- We fall even more in love with our pal, Alby
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February 2012, Malawi
- The Ilala ferry takes us to the Lake Malawi island of Chizumulu
- The invention of “Snorkel Fishing”
- Mayoka Boat trips – Fish eagles feeding & Cliff Jumping
- Benji & Eimer get married!! Congratulations to the beautiful couple!!
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January 2012, Malawi
- Nick flies home for his best mates wedding
- Zuzu plays barman to locals & travellers at Mayoka Village
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December 2011, Zambia & Malawi
- Heating up at Kapishya hot springs
- The grand house of Shiwa N’Gandu
- Lake Tanganyika at Mpulungu
- Crossing into Country #6 – Marvellous MALAWI!
- Our first Lake Malawi beach at Chitimba
- Looking out onto Lake Malawi at Livingstonia
- Christmas Eve and New Years at Mayoka village
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November 2011, Zambia
- Discovery of an Asian supermarket in Lusaka
- Rained on in Kafue National Park
- Nicks lavish 30th Birthday Party – with 6 different types of cheeses!
- Heaps of hyenas at Liuwa Plains National Park
- Cheeky chimps of Chimfunshi and our INCREDIBLE walk with them
- Going batty at the 8 million bat migration at Kasanka National Park
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October 2011, Zambia
- Feeling like a movie star at the prestigious 5-star Royal Livingstone Hotel
- Loving our full of personality, ever-friendly flap neck chameleon: Sid
- Chopping it all off for the best haircut of Zulfs’ life
- Feeling beachy on Bovu Island
- Lunch with our Rasta friends and jamming in the ghetto: more power, Rastafarite.
- Zambezi Kayak Festival on the roaring rapids
- Kwacha man and a punk rocker attend their first Halloween party
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September 2011, Zimbabwe & Zambia
- Isolation at Matusadona and Chizarira National Park
- Yoga-ing at a drier Vic Falls
- Surviving white water rafting on the mighty Zambezi River
- Crossing into Livingstone and starting Country#5
- Daring to dive into Devils Pool, 108m high above Victoria Falls
- Dancing in chitenges & eating from massive drums of Nshima at a Village wedding in Magalela
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August 2011, Zimbabwe
- Trekking the incredible Chimanimani mountains
- Breakfast at Mtarazi Falls, the Highest Falls in Zimbabwe
- Lunch on Mt Nyangani, the Highest mountain in Zimbabwe:
- Dancing at the Chimanimani Arts Festival
- Nicks sister: Chrysula begins her 3 week Zimbabwean adventure
- Doing the Hokey Pokey with 60 Zim kids
- Hyena sniffs Sulas head on her first night camping
- Chasing wild dog in the magnificent Mana Pools National Park
- Sundowners on a sunset cruise on Lake Kariba
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July 2011, Zimbabwe
- Going back in time to the Great Zimbabwe ruins
- Bass Fishing on Lake Mutirikwe
- Zulfs 29th Zimbabwean Birthday with a hippo
- Porcupines, Jacksons Mongoose & Mountain Nyalas at Gonarezhou National Park
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June 2011, Botswana
- Helicopter over the very impressive Victoria Falls
- Moving crocs at the croc farm
- Winning the Kasane Touch footy comp
- Nick catching an 8kg tiger fish!
- Our sad farewell to Kasane
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May 2011, Botswana
- 3 week tour of Botswana with Zulfs mum begins
- Our first EVER lovely leopard sighting in Chobe National Park
- Cruising on the chobe river
- Full moon rising over Lekhubu Island
- 25,000 zebras migrating along the Boteti River of the Mkagadigadi
- The isolation of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and its mysterious black mane lions
- Nick hunting for Wildebeest for hungry waiting lions
- Dancing with the Bushmen of Ghanzi
- A traditional Mokoro trip on the peaceful Okavango Delta
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February – April 2011, Sydney Australia
- Detour back home for a wedding, family, friends and food
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January 2011, Botswana
- Picnic through the Kasane Cutlines
- The wild and wonderful Chobe National Park
- Wiped out by the wet, watching wild dogs at Savuti National Park
- The muddy mud roads of Moremi Game reserve and a boat trip on the Okavango
- Exploring Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pans
- Feeling the spray of Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls
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December 2010, Namibia & Botswana
- Walking the trails of the Waterberg Plateau
- Learning about the crazy cats of the Cheetah Conservation Fund
- Standing on the worlds largest Meteorite on earth; Hoba Meteorite
- Going bush with the Bushmen of Namibia
- African braiding through Zulfs Hair
- Finding family at Ngepi
- Sunset cruise on the Kavango River
- Dragon river rafting in a river home to crocs
- Christmas in Kasane with Phil & Jen
- Nick landing his first mean looking Tiger fish in the Chobe river
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November 2010, Namibia
- Hunting for hares and jackals at Esperance Game farm
- Quadbiking and Sandboarding the Swakop/Walvis Bay dunes
- Seal action at Cape cross seal colony
- Nick celebrates an African birthday turning 29
- Rock paintings at Brandberg and Rock engravings at Twyelfontein
- Living a Himba life at a Himba Village
- Feeling the spray of the Epupa Falls
- Overnighting in the wild at Etosha National Park
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October 2010, South Africa & Namibia
- Climbing to the plateau of Cape Towns famous Table Mountain
- Franschhoek Motor Museum; home of beautiful cars new and old
- Rocking the daisies; 3 day, 2 night music festival
- Successfully and (suprisingly) easily crossing the border from SA to Namibia!
- Canoeing down the scenic orange river
- The wonders of the Fish River Canyon
- Getting friendly with the wild horses of Aus
- A sandy walk through the Kolmannskuppe Ghost Town
- Climbing the never ending red sand dunes of Sossusvlei
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September 2010, South Africa
- World of Birds (Part I & II), the biggest Bird park in Africa
- Standing at the southern most part of Africa, between the Atlantic and Indian oceans; Cape Agulhus
- Shark cage diving with the great whites
- Learning the secrets of Abalone farming
- Indulging in a Stellanbosch wine tour
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August 2010, South Africa
- Poking penguins at Boulders Beach
- Cruising to the peak of Cape Point (the 2nd most southern point of Africa)
- Visited Robben Island and Nelson Mandelas prison cell
- Exploring the marine diversity at Two Oceans Aquarium
- Trekking to the peak of Lions head for the rising of a full moon
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July 2010, South Africa
- Playing with lion cubs at Seaview Lion Park, PE
- Watching the Billabong Pro Tour at Jeffreys Bay, Supertubes – Day one, two, 3 & Finals
- Learning to surf at J-Bay
- Bungy Jumping on the Garden Route at Bloukrant
- Allowing raptor birds to eat off our arms at Eagle Encounters
- Riding Ostriches at Oudtshoorn
- Caving at Cango Caves
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June 2010, South Africa
- Bought a Bakkie, Toyota Hilux from Port Shepstone
– 1 Day self drive Safari at Pilanesberg National Park
- 1 Day self drive Safari at Kruger National Park
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May 2010, South Africa
- Moses Mahbida Stadium tour & skycar
- Super 14s Rugby Games – Sharks VS Stormers and Western Force VS Sharks
- Meeting the Western Force team and Chris O’Young (St Patricks, Sydney)
- Valley of 1000 Hills in KwaZulu-Natal
- Watched the 89km comrades marathon run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
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