Author: Marcel Koning
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Moremi Game Reserve – Third Bridge Camp
Chobe, Etosha, Okavango, Kruger, Serengeti – we have all heard of them at some point in our lives. They all have a certain mystique and perhaps even celebrity status. I think Moremi belongs on that list as well…
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The Road from Gweta to Maun (and some fuel for our trouble)
After an hour of appreciating the countryside at a sedate 80 km/h, and at roughly 150 km from Maun, we saw a vehicle off the road against the game fence, bonnet up and a guy lying under the vehicle…
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Okavango River Lodge – Maun
Maun is a strange place. But in a good way. It is both a small town and a big ‘hub’ for the game park tourism industry. It has two faces…
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Makgadigadi Salt Pans | Solo Self-Drive Botswana
There’s no vegetation, no wildlife, and no connection. It makes you feel small and insignificant yet quite alive. There’s an energy that you can’t quite put your finger on…
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Sport boat delivery to Monaco
Delivering a Melges 20 for the regatta this weekend in Monaco… even while the exhibits for the Monaco Yacht Show are still being dismantled and the superyachts are playing Tetris in the tiny harbour.
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Monaco Yacht Show 2016
Monaco is always an experience, one way or another… This time it was for a delivery of Mirabeau wine for the twentieth Monaco Yacht Show
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Eden Project in Cornwall
Since learning about the Eden Project in Cornwall, Vic has been super excited to see how they rewilded an old quarry into beautiful fertile gardens
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Land’s End in Cornwall
Land’s End is worth a visit as the furthest west you can be in Cornwall; land of tall hedgerows, rolling hills, countless farms, tractors, not much else
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Land Rover – it’s all about the ‘Grin Factor’
Land Rover owners love their Defenders because they’re fun, adventurous and they roll in the corners. You take your time going places, mostly not by choice but with a big grin on your face
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Belle – Putting the grin back into chagrin
There is a particular enjoyment to be had in a vehicle where every change in engine note, every rattle and every pebble and bump on the road is a tactile experience.
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Diving in at the deep end with Mirabeau
It’s the beginning of the summer in Provence. What are you going you do? Hang out at the beach near St. Tropez? Book a table at your local café for the season?
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Dizzying heights of northern Portugal
It’s like a mini-sauna in here, but it’s dark and instead of wood it smells of tent canvas
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Conquering Fortress Portugal
As a sliver of light peaks in through a small breach in the tent flap, I can feel the warmth in here – quite a contrast to yesterday’s awakening in northern France.
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The best part of camping
The best part of the day and the essence of camping are those early morning moments of silence and tranquillity when you can just sit and with your cup of tea… But you need to wake up first.
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 6 -Shopping in Zagreb
It’s hard to describe the feeling out there in the mud: Awesome or mind-blowing doesn’t quite do it justice. You’re out on the track in the middle of a forest all day long and YOU need to drag the car back to camp!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 Stage 5
Adventure and Extreme Classes took two different tracks.
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 4 Circuit Race
F1 in mud! A chance to drive as fast as you can/like!! Mad power and flat out along a challenging circuit, tyre change, floor it! Great fun!
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4×4 Croatia Trophy 2011 stage 3 (Night)
Pitch black, narrow twig-lined tunnels. Branches thwacking off the windscreen. Ducking in the car to avoid getting whipped. No bearings whatsoever
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How I became Aquaman in Poland (Orawa 4×4)
Can you float a Defender?
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4×4 croatia trophy 2010 – the show start in glina
The show-start in the town of Glina in remote Croatia gives the competitiors a chance to meet the locals and show off their machines…
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Snorkelling Ras Mohammed (Egypt) aboard Almira III
Picture it, day 10 of a tough two weeks in Egypt: tanning, swimming, eating far too much at the buffet, another beer, more sun, more tanning, more swimming… how much of this can you take??!! Time for a snorkel off the coast…
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From Sharm to Cairo for a camel ride…
What did you do on your 40th birthday? How about a camel ride in the shade of the pyramids in Cairo! As you do….
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Day trip from Punta Cana to Samana, Dominican Republic
Join us on the front seat of a twenty-seater and settle in for the three-and-a-half hour journey from Punta Cana to Samaná – where the humpback whales are.
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Bacardi Island & Humpback Whales
Welcome to Samaná Bay! To the left you will see fishermen with their small canoes and dug-outs. Fixing nets and clearing boats for another day on the water… Ahead you will see a mass of people crowding the end of the pier…
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Roadtrip Itinerary Full Coast of South Africa (DIARY)
The roadtrip plan was simple – we wanted to see as much of the coastline of South Africa as possible, as we were emigrating to Europe
