Videos
- English was the primary language on most of the signs we saw in Dubai; Arabic was also included, but in smaller font below the English version.
- That’s probably not too surprising—nearly 90% of Dubai is foreigners.
- Each Emirate seemed a bit distinct
🎥 Recapping our 24-day overlanding safari of Africa
Here’s a video recap of what we thought about our 24-day overlanding safari tour of Africa. What did we like? Dislike? Would we do it again? Find out below.
And here’s a short montage video someone on our tour made for his students—focusing on the first few days of the East Africa portion of our tour—using a 360 camera.
And if you missed it, here’s more on the overlanding truck we used:
https://adventuresaroundthe.world/2025/01/07/a-little-bit-about-the.html
-S 🇿🇦🇧🇼🇿🇼🇿🇲🇲🇼🇹🇿
Elephants peacefully snacking on some grass in Mikumi National Park in Tanzania. -S 🇹🇿
A little bit about the overlanding vehicle we’ve been traveling in the last three weeks through Africa. -S
🎥 Updates from our tented camp
We spent two nights in a tented camp in Khwai Conservation Area, with our first “full day” of safari game drives—one in the early morning and another in the late afternoon and past sunset.
Here’s an update on our first morning game safari, which was very fun.
And another update after our sunset game safari, which also includes a bit more on our accommmodations here.
We recorded this second video from our subsequent tented camp near Chobe National Park, which overlooked an elephant watering hole.
Because elephants frequent the area, you also can only move between your tent and the facilities under escort after dark.
We’ll post some more photos of the tented camp facilities in the coming days.
🎥 Roadside elephants in Botswana
🎥 Recapping United Arab Emirates
A short video recapping our time in the UAE.
Some other observations:
🎥 Recapping Hong Kong & Macau
Here’s a video recap of our time in Hong Kong and Macau. It was a short visit, especially after having to trim several days from our original itinerary, but we felt like we saw enough to call it done.
One of my favorite parts of our time in Hong Kong was simply sitting at the edge of two tap houses and watching everyone pass by; it’s a great city for people watching.
I also don’t think I’ll forget how much shopping there is. It seemed like countless tall buildings also contained vertical malls, sporting a range of shops from clothing, to high end designer, to pharmacies, to fast food. All somehow with a familiar “American mall” vibe.
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