After Monika has finished eating the whole stock available in a pharmacy thinking that chemical food may be good against fishy malaria, we finally got her back 2 normal food e.g. chicken with fries or fries with chicken; it depends on the offer. Last week, we drove quite a bit 2 the west. Currently we’re…
2 days ago we reached our 1st waypoint on our way back 2 Swizzyland. We reached Bobo Dioulassou in Burkina Faso. Some 400 km west of Ouaga – very important to state: Bobo lies on the direct route to Laufenburg. 2 reach this important town it nearly took us 7 weeks and more than 5000…
Currently we’re sitting on a terrace right at the sea in the west of Ghana. It’s Peter’s and Teresa’s home, our good old friends from Lesotho. The perfect place to recover from beach life. Nevertheless, after all these stress situations and incredible dangers in the mountains of Togo and Ghana we had had to move…
2 days ago we reached Akosombo in Ghana. There’s a small hotel along the Volta River just below the dam, which was supposed to produce electricity 4 half of West Africa. Of course this is the place 2 have some rest after the adventures of Benin beach life, crossing the whole Republic of Togo and…
It’s 1st of August, it’s time to say goodbye to Ouaga; we have left our house owner with his house, our employees without our employment and our friends ’n’ colleagues without us. Nevertheless we start our trip back to Laufenburg. Somehow we already started the evening before no longer being coal shippers in the coal…
Dear All, Yes we did it. On 15th December we entered the proud village of Laufenburg where we have our apartment. So we completed our journey Maseru2Laufenburg after 9 month and 15days; a total of 290 days of hard work, privations, exiting adventures and incredible dangers. Well, we officially crossed 14 countries in Africa, among…
Dear All, We made it – at least Capetown 2 Cairo. If we listen to most guys on the way from Nowhere in Africa to Anywhere in Africa they aim to drive between these 2 towns. Unfortunately we’re neither Capetonians, nor Caironians, so Cape2Cairo may not be our final challenge. We started 9 month and…
Dear All, Finally, after all this trouble getting our visa, we arrived in Ethiopia. As we crossed the border everything seemed to change. You go to a restaurant, you find a lot of food you do not really know – like doro wot, tibs and tegabino. All resembles a little bit Indian food, but accompanied…
Dear All, Here it is – the latest edition of Be Jealous. After having left Rwanda we spent some time in Uganda, then Kenia and currently we prepare to move on to Ethiopia. Surely you know Ethiopia is known as the most unusual country within Africa. To confirm this, we have to start with this…
Dear All, Many thanx for your feedback and remarks. Nevertheless, we were a little astonished how many of u could still spend some money for the annual leave. We sincerely thought all of you would contribute to safe the world’s economy and spend your money to balance the politicians’ escapades. Be assured we’re not eaten…