Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Leisure Wheels

    MOZAMBIQUE FLOOD RELIEF MISSION

    Jun 19, 2019 4 minutes
    with Kingsley Holgate

    It was time to load up the three expedition Land Rovers again. Galvanised by an appeal for help from Gorongosa National Park, the colourful Cape Town to Kathmandu branding was ripped off the Landies and replaced with decals that read Mozambique Relief Expedition. Reports from Mozambique indicated the floodwaters caused by Cyclone Idai were slowly receding, but malaria and disease from contaminated water was now a severe risk.

    Malaria is the leading cause of death in Mozambique, which has the third highest number of malaria cases anywhere in the world. So we made the decision to concentrate on malaria prevention and water-purification supplies to help the hard-hit communities around Gorongosa National Park, inland from Beira. Some 300 000 people living around the

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Leisure Wheels

    Leisure Wheels6 min readAutomotive
    More Power, Same Value
    OUR first experience with the Mahindra Scorpio dates back to 2016, soon after its local introduction. It wasn’t as part of a launch or a road test though, but rather our annual Leisure Wheels adventure, where we take a number of serious off-roaders a
    Leisure Wheels10 min read
    Fighting fire with fire
    WE were sitting in our VWS Land Rover, driving down a dark, bumpy jeep track towards our deployment spot. I couldn’t see the fire but the area was still warm and smouldering and I remember wondering to myself :“Is this where I’m going to die?” I stil
    Leisure Wheels4 min readAutomotive
    In Search Of The Big One
    THE problem with basing overlanding vehicles on conventional bakkies is that once you add a couple of accessories, fill the fuel tank and load up the family, you could find yourself close to the legal weight limits or even exceeding them. There are f

    Related Books & Audiobooks