EXPEDITION CHOW: Imodium and goat
En route to sail the massive, dry salt lake of Chew Bahir in southern Ethiopia a couple of years ago, a motoring journalist asked if he could travel in the Land Rover with me. “I want to do a bit of a story on expedition food,” he said. “What do you guys normally eat?” Jokingly I replied, “Imodium and goat. Or blood and milk with the Masai.”
But the truth is, over the years we’ve learnt to survive quite well on the road. You don’t have to bring a trailer full of supermarket supplies from South Africa, although some Mrs Balls chutney and hot Nando’s sauce helps
