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Here is the video I made from our 56-day overland trip in Africa.  Enjoy! – Read our stories from Africa. – Our review of Oasis Overland. – Learn more about Oasis Overland on their website: oasisoverland.co.uk...

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As savvy readers of our blog may have noticed, we enjoyed our 2 month overland trip (check out this post, or this one, or this one). But we did so many things that my memories...

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Over the course of the last two months in Africa, I’ve received a bunch of emails and messages asking about my trip with Oasis Overland.  Why I chose them, what is the company like, would...

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It’s nearly impossible to travel around South Africa and not be reminded of the racial divide that separated this country for nearly 50 years.  Even today, driving around the suburbs of Johannesburg, I haven’t seen...

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Over the course of the last two months in Africa, we’ve received a bunch of emails and messages asking about our trip with Oasis Overland.  Why we choose them, what is the company like, would...

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We made it!  After 56 days on ‘Woxy’, our big, yellow Oasis Overland truck, we arrived in Cape Town.  In some ways, it’s a relief to be back on our own and in control of...

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Over the last two months in Africa, we’ve had the opportunity to do a number of driving safaris and even a walking safari.  Today, in Botswana’s Chobe National Park, we got a chance to see...

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Our time in Africa with Oasis Overland is slowly coming to an end, and I made the realization today that most of the activities that we’ve been participating in have been focused on nature and...

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Sandboarding on the dunes of Namibia One of the main reasons that we chose the Oasis Overland Coast to Coast trip was because the tour stops in Namibia, and we knew we would be able...

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After the slowest border crossing of our Africa trip, we finally made it to Masvingo.  The border crossing involved our group of 20 standing in a line, waiting for one person behind the counter to...

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