As we get closer to Pakistan, we thought it would be a good time to tell you this story. People respond with amused curiosity and mostly disbelief when we introduce ourselves as overland travellers. It seems that “brown” people are an unusual demographic in the South African overlanding community which could explain this reaction. Farhaan…
Thinking about it now, R1600 (approx. 114 USD) for a room in a five star hotel is pretty cheap, but when you are an overland traveler counting every penny that you spend, bargaining (and in some cases begging) becomes a habit. Our drive to the border began late morning, after we bade farewell to Ali …
Had we researched the route before leaving, we would most definitely have had a much less interesting day but also unbeknown to us we were on a mission. A mission to deliver a Qur’an. We had arrived the previous night in the Tanzanian capital city of Dodoma and spent the night in a refurbished budget hotel called…