EAST TO WEST ACROSS AFRICA
What better way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Land Rover Discovery than a 10 000km Zambezi- Congo expedition?
Some 22 years ago, we’d attempted an east to west crossing of Africa by boat and I’d scribbled these words in the expedition journal: “…There is still a civil war raging in Angola and also in Zaire, where Mobutu is under attack from Kabila’s rebel forces. Who knows if our journey across Africa in the footsteps of Livingstone and Stanley will be possible? However, we accept the challenge…” Back then, it had been an incredible riverboat journey that had turned sour in the Congo when Mabuto was ousted and Zaire became the
