Just returned from driving South Africa/Lesotho/South Africa for three months. Returning early next year for five or six months in Southern Africa.
Questions
Anyone have good updated links on visas, border crossings, temporary important permits and carnets?
Good links or thoughts on a route or places not to miss?
Guides or tours?
Favorite lodging?
Things your vehicle needs to have and carry to avoid tickets?
Great birding spots (yes, we are birders)?
Best way to keep up on local issues/news? (South Africa had a riot, we drove through a citizen road block - think our TX license plates provided us a pass, had to take a detour because of another citizen group blocking a highway)
Anything that may be of interest to someone driving in Southern Africa: a book: we listened to "A Long Walk" and "Cry the Beloved Country"; best clothing, hats, coats, etc.; tipping advice; best petro stations for toilets (my wife); and anything else that comes to mind.
As Detour noted when he began this thread, way to quite - especially when any overland expedition around the world seems to me has to spend some time in Africa.
Look forward to your information and thoughts.