Overland trips

Achieving this took 4 major trips spread over 14 years ... 
... It required a dream and determination!

1980 - Trip # 1: Tanzania to Switzerland - 17'645 km
After a contract in Tanzania, in 1980 I did my first overland trip with my wife, 5 months in my 1977 Land Rover Series III.

This trip was through the equatorial forest of Zaïre (now DRC) and the Sahara (Niger & Algeria).

Zaïre

Niger

Niger - "Balise" from the 1977 "SAVIEM Croisière des Sables"

Algeria - Overnight camping

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1983 - Trip # 2: Scandinavia - 10'295 km
Starting from England, we travelled for 6 weeks to visit Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and did not want to miss North-Cape in Norway!

Norway - South of Bodo - 9 June 1983

Norway - North Kapp - Midnight sun, photograph taken at 01:30 on 13 June 1983

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My Land Rover was off again by boat to Tanzania and I drove it to Rwanda where we will live for 10 years.

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1988 - Trip # 3: Southern Africa - 14'480 km
From Rwanda, did a 7 weeks trip to explore parts of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and back to Rwanda.

Namibia - Kamanjab to Sesfontein 29 June 1988

South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - 10 July 1988
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1994 - Trip # 4: Rwanda to Switzerland - 17'410 km
With my family (three daughters, 10, 8, 6 years old) we drove from Rwanda to Switzerland,
it took us over 6 months, travelling through the Horn of Africa and Yemen.

As my short wheel base Land Rover was now too small for the whole family, we shall travel along with a Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ 80.

Tanzania - Mwanza - October 1993

Kenya - Chyulu Hills - November 1993

Ethiopia - Ant hill in the Omo Valley - 24 January 1994

Crossing the Red sea in a dhow - Assab/Eritrea to Al Mukha/Yemen - 9 march 1994

April 1994 - Our arrival in Switzerland after 6 months of travel full of excitments and mishaps... 

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Victory: my Nord Kapp to Cape Town loop is finished!!!
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