YouMe&Michael


After years of saving and planning, our dream to overland through Africa is finally becoming a reality. Along with our Land Cruiser, Michael Buble, we will be travelling through our beautiful continent for 6 months! Woohoo!

About Us

We have been married for two busy years and have lived in Johannesburg all our lives. Ang is a Speech Therapist and Grant, an Environmental Consultant. We both love the outdoors and have dreamt of travelling through Africa together before we were even together (sort of). Please keep in touch and let us know your news. Hope you enjoy the journey with us.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Hello - and so it all begins

Ang and I have been dreaming about the day we set off into the deep dark continent that is Africa for some time and now that day is closer than ever before. So close we can almost touch it. D-day (Departure day) has been set for the 6th of January. But before we get too excited there is plenty to do. The time has come to stop making to-do lists and actually start to-doing.

In preparation to the big day we will try keep you all posted on whats what and how we are doing it all. We have planned a test trip to the Kgalagadi at the end of October with Andria and Pierre. So we will see where Michael needs attention and what we should pack and perhaps what can be left behind.

... And Michael was his Name-O

Our Trusty Land Cruiser goes by the name of Michael Buble'. Unlike his human namesake, he is not from Canada, has not won any Grammy's and does not sing (he purrs). Our Michael got his name courtesy of Ang. When she first saw the Land Cruiser 80 Series she said they looked like big bubbles. Upon doing a little research we found that in Columbia and Venezuela the Land Cruiser was nicknamed Burbuja (Bubble) because of it's roundness. Bubble turned into Buble' and Michael was his name.

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