HeyJaredTrailing Ivy
Honest tales of nomad life and slow travel in Africa with our old Iveco camper, Ivy.
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Calculating the fun:chore ratio (opens the original)
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NAMIBIAThe thing about living in a tiny space that’s also your means of transport is that when things go wrong, break, or aren’t working well, it impacts everything. Some small things can be ignored for a while, and often are, but mostly you can’t push aside problems in the way you could with a bigger home. We do absolutely everything in one 5x2m ‘room’ and the niggles are right there in your face, 24/7.No matter what we think we’ve got planned, mechanical or structural issues with Ivy must alwa
Ivy’s first safari (opens the original)
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NAMIBIAMany moons ago, we were lucky to experience a safari trip in East Africa, and focusing on wildlife has often been a major part of our travels over the years. There’s nothing quite like the excitement of setting off to try to spot animals and birds just doing their thing in their own habitat.But it was quite a different feeling to be driving among these impressive creatures in our own vehicle. Two worlds had collided in the most surreal way. Here we were in our home of the last three years
War and pistes (opens the original)
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A smorgasbord for the eyes (opens the original)
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ANGOLAThe only bad thing I can say about our time in Angola is that we ended up with cricked necks from spending so many hours looking up at its insane skies. <img alt="" class="sizing-
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