After our time in Mozambique, we headed up through the Kruger Park, and into Botswana for about 3 weeks. Our time in Botswana can only be described as wild… with a tiny population count and fences almost non-existent, it truly is the destination to head for if you...

Driving from Malawi over the border to Mozambique was like driving from day to night. It went from abundant yellow-green tea fields, to the dry arid emptiness of Mozambique’s wilderness. We had entered right into the middle of Mozambique, having received many warnings...

Malawi! Where to begin? You are a long thin country, half of which is a body of water. You have layers of rubbish littering not only that body of water, but the land and streets. From time to time, you feel dirty. You are economically poor, of this I am certain. And...

As with my blogpost on Uganda, I will give an account of our time in Rwanda. But being there was about so much more than the things we saw or the places we were privileged to pass through, and is truly worth chatting about in more depth. Rwanda is undoubtedly...

With this blogpost I have more to say than to highlight our travels through Uganda, which was a very peaceful 4 weeks absorbing the beauty of a very diverse country. Until we came here, we had been accustomed to driving long distances between places in fairly huge...

Ahhhh Ethiopia… you have our hearts! Before I do anything else, let me launch straight into a shout out for this incredible country. While I will be describing how amazing this country is in full throughout, it is important to mention here that Ethiopia is suffering...

Walking the streets of Addis Ababa Where a cacophony of sounds too loud tumble over each other by night. Where the day wakes with the infusion of Orthodox and Muslim calls to prayer And the streets become lined with vendors And children plead with you to weigh...

On leaving Arusha in the north of Tanzania, and making our way towards the Namanga border crossing, we noticed subtle changes in the landscape… an emptiness, an aridity that we hadn’t known in the entirety of our travels in Tanzania. In hindsight those few kilometeres...

And so we continue our journey through the Land of Karibu… ‘you are welcome.’  Having dribbled our way through the west and the south of Tanzania, we finally arrived at the east coast. And if you have read my last blog post or if you follow our journey on Instagram,...

Part 1. (Realising that our time so far in Tanzania has been so rich, and that thus far we have only covered half the country, I decided to split this blogpost into two parts. The first covering the west and south of the country. The second half will cover the east...

AWAKE MY SOUL A Curated Life Traditionally, to curate something, means to carefully choose, arrange and present - typically a museum or art exhibition. But more recently, the term has evolved - whereby anything can be curated, and where the focus is on the effect it...

Let the fact that ‘part 1’ being present in the title of this blog post, give hope that there will be a return to this beautiful country within the year. We actually didn’t plan on driving through Zambia… after Namibia, Angola followed by the DRC was the aim. But...

This is the scene that confronted us late afternoon, a few days ago. Earlier on that same morning we had decided to take the road less travelled along Lake Kariba in Zambia. In true optimistic da Silva style we made this decision believing that of course everything...

This blog is for those interested in going to Namibia. It is a small practical reflection, based ONLY on our 5 week experience there. I have tried hard not to base my judgements of places based on the weather we experienced whilst there (because lets face it, it can...

r h y t h m After almost a month on the road, we have had and are still trying to establish a new rhythm as a family, and as individuals. In fact it is safe to say that we completely lost any sense of rhythm when we left our home and our normal lifestyles at the...

BUT WHY???? We have definitely heard one too many people tell us to, ‘have a nice holiday next year’! And while it doesn’t offend, it is most certainly way off the mark. One thing I can confirm with certainty is that this year we have chosen to take out as a family is...

After our time in Mozambique, we headed up through the Kruger Park, and into Botswana for about 3 weeks. Our time in Botswana can only be described as wild… with a tiny population count and fences almost non-existent, it truly is the destination to head for if you...

Driving from Malawi over the border to Mozambique was like driving from day to night. It went from abundant yellow-green tea fields, to the dry arid emptiness of Mozambique’s wilderness. We had entered right into the middle of Mozambique, having received many warnings...

Malawi! Where to begin? You are a long thin country, half of which is a body of water. You have layers of rubbish littering not only that body of water, but the land and streets. From time to time, you feel dirty. You are economically poor, of this I am certain. And...

As with my blogpost on Uganda, I will give an account of our time in Rwanda. But being there was about so much more than the things we saw or the places we were privileged to pass through, and is truly worth chatting about in more depth. Rwanda is undoubtedly...

With this blogpost I have more to say than to highlight our travels through Uganda, which was a very peaceful 4 weeks absorbing the beauty of a very diverse country. Until we came here, we had been accustomed to driving long distances between places in fairly huge...

Ahhhh Ethiopia… you have our hearts! Before I do anything else, let me launch straight into a shout out for this incredible country. While I will be describing how amazing this country is in full throughout, it is important to mention here that Ethiopia is suffering...

Walking the streets of Addis Ababa Where a cacophony of sounds too loud tumble over each other by night. Where the day wakes with the infusion of Orthodox and Muslim calls to prayer And the streets become lined with vendors And children plead with you to weigh...

On leaving Arusha in the north of Tanzania, and making our way towards the Namanga border crossing, we noticed subtle changes in the landscape… an emptiness, an aridity that we hadn’t known in the entirety of our travels in Tanzania. In hindsight those few kilometeres...

And so we continue our journey through the Land of Karibu… ‘you are welcome.’  Having dribbled our way through the west and the south of Tanzania, we finally arrived at the east coast. And if you have read my last blog post or if you follow our journey on Instagram,...

Part 1. (Realising that our time so far in Tanzania has been so rich, and that thus far we have only covered half the country, I decided to split this blogpost into two parts. The first covering the west and south of the country. The second half will cover the east...

AWAKE MY SOUL A Curated Life Traditionally, to curate something, means to carefully choose, arrange and present - typically a museum or art exhibition. But more recently, the term has evolved - whereby anything can be curated, and where the focus is on the effect it...

Let the fact that ‘part 1’ being present in the title of this blog post, give hope that there will be a return to this beautiful country within the year. We actually didn’t plan on driving through Zambia… after Namibia, Angola followed by the DRC was the aim. But...

This is the scene that confronted us late afternoon, a few days ago. Earlier on that same morning we had decided to take the road less travelled along Lake Kariba in Zambia. In true optimistic da Silva style we made this decision believing that of course everything...

This blog is for those interested in going to Namibia. It is a small practical reflection, based ONLY on our 5 week experience there. I have tried hard not to base my judgements of places based on the weather we experienced whilst there (because lets face it, it can...

r h y t h m After almost a month on the road, we have had and are still trying to establish a new rhythm as a family, and as individuals. In fact it is safe to say that we completely lost any sense of rhythm when we left our home and our normal lifestyles at the...

BUT WHY???? We have definitely heard one too many people tell us to, ‘have a nice holiday next year’! And while it doesn’t offend, it is most certainly way off the mark. One thing I can confirm with certainty is that this year we have chosen to take out as a family is...