Category Archives: Allgemein

After green and also quite rainy Uganda (and after having found out that white water rafting on the nile is too exciting for me), having a three hours break between the trip coming from Uganda and picking up new passengers … Continue reading →

Uganda is beautiful. Green and hilly. Driving in the morning, seeing people waking up, cooking, kids walking to school, clouds hanging in the mountains, so peaceful. Market women staring at me driving and then ending up with the brightest smile … Continue reading →

…in Dar es Salaam: 7.30: taking the ferry from the small island where we camp into town. Hundreds of people running busy on and off the ferry 8.30: trying to get a parcel sent to DHL from Dragoland. No success … Continue reading →

Summing up my first week out in Africa: Driving IN the truck trying to avoid hitting people, goats and cows (and I never can decide if I pass them left or right which drives my colleague mad….) and making my … Continue reading →

Before leaving England I do feel the need to tell the world the following: 1. The English countryside and small villages and their inhabitants are exactly like you think it should be: lovely tiny houses, friendly locals, cows, pigs, horses … Continue reading →

…preparing to leave for Victoria Falls: this means driving Georgy, the training truck, on the narrow country roads of Suffolk and of course still working in the workshop of Dragoman busy grinding, sanding, painting and as a highlight reinstalling the … Continue reading →

Sorry for leaving the blog for several months without any notice… most of you already know… After deciding to go for a new job, training under trucks in the middle of nowhere in England and obtaining my bus driving licence … Continue reading →

“How are you? I am fine; how is your mother? How is your father? Good. How is your brother? Good. How is your sister? Good. How is your granny? Good. How is your donkey?…” This is the correct way of … Continue reading →

…had a fantastic stay in Bamako with great nightlife…the Sleeping Camel was a perfect home for those days, relaxing from the African dust. Finally I will leave to Segou, Djenne, Mopti and the Dogon Country further north in Mali with … Continue reading →

Believe me, this was a hard job and it only worked on fb Even if you do not have a facebook account you should be able to see the pics…