

Moroccan Tagine from Kasbah Telouet
In my opinion, the best meal of our self drive adventure in Morocco is at the historic Telouet Kasbah. There are many amazing meals to...


Trying to match the Seafood Soup from Swakopmund
When Mike and I have our turn leading one of our self drive groups through Africa, about two days before we reach the German Town of...


Bobotie - South Africa’s unofficial national dish
When I first was offered this dish as a kid in Queensland by my very exotic African neighbours I thought they were weird. I mean, who...


Tea & a rusk anyone?
The first time I ever tried a “rusk” I was about 11 years old. A family of South Africans, the McIntosh’s, moved into the same area as...


2020 Self Drive Adventures Reunion
Another fun day with a great turnout and some money made for WIRES and IAPF. Thanks to Ray and John for their interesting talk on what...


Linda's Vietnam Blog: Part 15
Today was a rest day to explore Sa Pa. It had rained quite a lot the night before and was a bit cloudy up high on the mountains. It was...


Linda's Vietnam Blog: Part 14
Bắc Hà to Sa Pa 110 km. Left at 8.00am arrived at 2.30pm I was offered by Sue to have some time behind the jeep’s steering wheel to have...


Linda's Vietnam Blog: Part 13
Pan Hou to Bắc Hà. Left at 8.20am arrived at 4.30pm, then visited palace get to hotel at 5.15pm. Eight hours travel time I tried the...


Linda's Vietnam Blog: Part 12
We are halfway through the trip already and we all survived the night in homestay close quarters. Cuong took Steve and Kerry to the...


Linda's Vietnam Blog: Part 11
Mèo Vạc to Hà Giang 172km. Start 8am arrive 7.15pm. 11 hours and 15 minutes travel time. Even though yesterday had been a long and hard...