{"id":6,"date":"2012-03-09T17:19:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T17:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africaexplorer.org\/new\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:06:56","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africaexplorer.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Continental Overland Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Current location: Trip planned<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We plan to travel around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaexplorer.org?page_id=11131\"> South America <\/a>in 2026<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We travelled to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaexplorer.org?page_id=4511\">Balkans<\/a> starting in June 2025.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We travelled some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaexplorer.org?page_id=987\">West Coast<\/a> of Africa from September 2023 for around 6 months.<\/h5>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We travelled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaexplorer.org?page_id=990\">East coast<\/a> of Africa in 2005\/06.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">650 days and 96,180 kilometres of overland travel.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Best of Botswana 2023:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africaexplorer.ynt.cpi.mybluehost.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_7347-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"1178\" 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src=\"https:\/\/africaexplorer.ynt.cpi.mybluehost.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_7063-1024x683.jpg?v=1704908934\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaexplorer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_7063-1024x683.jpg?v=1770716959 1024w, https:\/\/africaexplorer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_7063-300x200.jpg?v=1770716959 300w, https:\/\/africaexplorer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_7063-768x512.jpg?v=1770716959 768w, https:\/\/africaexplorer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_7063-1536x1024.jpg?v=1770716959 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current location: Trip planned We plan to travel around South America in 2026 We travelled to the Balkans starting in June 2025. We travelled some of the West Coast of Africa from September 2023 for around 6 months. We travelled the East coast of Africa in 2005\/06. 650 days and 96,180 kilometres of overland travel. 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