Hi! Welcome to The Chaps in Africa - the journal of 4 guys, Jared, James, Jan, and Byron travelling overland through Eastern Africa.We embark on our epic voyage in less than two weeks, on the 6th of December if all goes to plan (which it seldom does). Starting in our hometown, Johannesburg, we will first set out east to Maputo. Then we'll turn north, following the coast right up Mozambique and through into Tanzania. At Dar es Salaam Jan must unfortunately leave us to return home. The remaining three will continue up to Lamu island on the northern coast of Kenya. Then we cut inland, travelling back into Tanzania. From there we'll go up to Uganda and around Lake Victoria. Then we must begin to make our way south again, through Rwanda, back into Tanzania, down Lake Tanganyika and onwards to Malawi. After following the coast o Lake Nyasa right to its southernmost tip we then continue west into Zambia. Then it's down through Botswana before we return to Johannesburg, completing the 14 000 kilometre loop. Well, at least that's the plan!
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