| ROUTE | DIARY | CHARITY | LINKS | HOMEWARD BOUND |
We would especially like to thank Paul Marsh and his team at Footloose 4x4 for all their help and expertise.
We have found many useful web sites, whilst researching our trip. We have listed below some of the sites which we found particularly useful.
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www.africa-overland.net
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We have found this an excellent site, in particular for the information we have learned from the experience of other people who have made the trip before us and survived! |
| www.fco.gov.uk | The Foreign and Commonwealth Office site offers travel advice for all the countries which we plan to visit, and gives advice based on the most accurate and up-to-date information available. It will enable us to make informed decisions, both before and during our travels. |
| www.sahara-overland.com | The web-site of Chris Scott's book of the same name. Useful information if crossing the Sahara. |
| www.brownchurch.co.uk | This company are Landover specialists, who sell a range of equipment for overland travel. However, they also provide a lot of helpful information, particularly about recommended equipment. |
| www.overland.co.za | This site contains pictures and details about routes and destinations, which are "spoilers" to the self-sufficient vehicle dependant adventure traveller. |
| www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ | A good source for on-line maps, which we used for this web-site and in planning our route. |
| www.lonelyplanet.com | The web site for the books - excellent for reference |
| http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml | Universal currency converter |
| www.nomadtravel.co.uk | Contains traveller check list and useful health information |
| www.bloodcare.org.uk | Bloodcare Foundation - For a small annual or monthly fee guarantee the supply of screened blood products within 12 hours to anywhere in the world. |
| www.rac.co.uk | RAC (Royal Automobile Club) the only organisation in the UK that will issue a carnet for the vehicle. |
| www.mapsworldwide.com | |
In Addition, there are a number of books which we have found useful and would recommend. However, which ones we will be able to take with us remains to be seen!
| Africa by Road (Bradt Travel Guide) | Shackell and Bracht | The Globe Pequet Press |
| Working in the Wild : Landrover's manual for Africa | Landrover | |
| The Complete Guide to Four-Wheel Drive | St Pierre White | I.M.P. |
| Africa on a Shoestring | Lonely Planet | |
| The Ultimate Desert Handbook | Johnson | McGraw Hill |
| Bugs, Bites and Bowels | Wilson-Howarth | Cadogan |
| Where there is no Doctor | Werner | Macmillan |
| Travel Health | Rough Guide | |
| Vehicle Dependent Expedition Guide | Tom Sheppard | |
| Egypt | Lonely Planet | |
| Lybia | Lonely Planet | |
| Tunisia | Lonely Planet | |
| Kenya | Lonely Planet | |
| East Africa | Lonely Planet | |
| Southern Africa | Lonely Planet | |
| Watching Wildlife in East Africa | Lonely Planet | |
| Watching Wildlife in Southern Africa | Lonely Planet | |
| Expedition Handbook | Royal Geographical Society | |
| Bushcraft Survival | Ray Mears | |
| Healthy Travel | Lonely Planet | |
| Egyptian Arabic | Lonely Planet | |
| Point it - Travellers Language Kit | Graf | |
Useful Maps
| Africa Wall Map (for planning purposes and information for family!) | Maps International |
| Africa North & West 1/4 000 000 | Michelin |
| Africa North East 1/4 000 000 | Michelin |
| Africa Central and South 1/4 000 000 | Michelin |
| Tunisia 1/800 000 | Michelin |
| We met Jeff and Jean in Coventry, whilst planning our trip - an inspiration! | www.gonewandering.co.uk |
| Nick and Vicki invited us to Salisbury plain and then a 'Braai' where we met..... | www.langebaan-sunset.com |
| Bron and Andrew | www.4x4xafrica.com |
| Rob and Inga | www.southwardbound.co.uk |
| John | www.falconoldboys.co.uk |
| We met bikers, Clive and Nina in Wadi Halfa | www.getjealous.com/ninaplumbe |
| We travelled with Claudia and Werner through the Sudan and beyond ... | www.ruf.graubuendenkultur.ch |
| A lovely Belgian family travelling around Africa, met in Ethiopia | www.rioclaro.be/afrika |
| At Jungle Junction in Nairobi, we met a number of overlanders, including Claude and Alain from France - travelling all round Africa | www.africacy.com |
| - Rosemary and Bill from the UK, also travelling the whole circuit. | www.offexploring.com/atlastafrica |
| - and Martin, on his motorbike, from the UK | www.morch.co.uk |
| In Kampala we met Frank and Sandra from Holland | www.frankensandra.waarbenjij.nu |
| At Peponi we met James and Lee from Cairo | www.africa.alanjoans.com |
| In Malawi we met honeymooners, Bonny and Matt | www.travelblog.com/m_and_b |
| Coen and Dienne are cycling from Holland to China, via Africa | www.worldbiker.whereareyou.net |
| In Botswana we met Toby, Alexis and Ollie | www.glynsinafrica.com |
