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Swaziland
Driving from Lesotho to Swaziland we were able to have Breakfast in Lesotho – Lunch in South Africa -Dinner in Swaziland. Which felt quite cool, the guys wanted to know if we could go to Mozambique for dinner, I told them they would have to walk… This border crossing was an easy and quick one! Things had started to fall into place, and we were able to base ourselves in one place which for the week which made things a lot easier for us and enabled us to catch our breath and for me to sort out all my boxes with my “office” equipment in so I could actually work…
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Lesotho
The Drive from Cape Town to Bloemfontein was no problem, a stay overnight in the Southern Sun hotel and an early start the next morning to Lesotho. Are first border post took a lot longer than necessary as we were trying to be too formal with all the paperwork, which delayed us at customs – first lesson learnt – keep it simple! Being our first country from South Africa, everyone was trying to find their feet and finalise last minute things. The team were all new to each other, two of which I had only met a couple of days before our departure. We were all learning each other’s ways,…
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South Africa – The Start!
Well! We are ready, I think, who knows… Months of planning, a hiccup or two along the way (2 of the cars were stolen!) and it’s time to go and start our journey to London! At the send-off function in Johannesburg. I’m standing on stage while we are introduced to the DHL customers and staff, it is all a bit surreal. I am going to lead a team driving through Africa! A travel dream for years, and now it was a reality, with lots of responsibility and a good chance of not succeeding, due to its scale and timelines! A country (45 of them) a week, and in each one, I had…
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African Preparations
For this trip, I have spent a lot of time thinking and researching. There are so many different things I need to buy, do, arrange and prepare for. As this isn’t just a social drive through Africa, but a corporate one. We have to organise functions for 100’s of people each week in a different city, host rugby and eye clinics, visits schools as well as take in all the sights and deal with whatever the continent has to throw at us. This means I need to make sure we are overland ready and we have all the necessary things we might need for the clinics and functions, that can’t…
