Kilwa Kivinje was a prominent maritime city-state that flourished between the 11th and 15th centuries, dominating the Swahili Coast and becoming a centre for trade in gold, ivory, and slaves. In the...
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.
After 20 years in the travel industry, looking after our customers, we finally decided to travel and explore the world in a different way, to enjoy and ‘Live the Life’.
We were preparing this project for more than two years, and at the beginning we had no idea how to build the truck or how difficult and complicated it would be. We were learning it all by doing it - the best way we could. It seemed impossible until it was done. It also wasn't easy to swap a professional career with working holidays to be able to make this project come true.
But as time flies and we are not getting any younger, we loaded the truck with all the necessary stuff, hit the road and started our amazing journey on July 6, 2018.
Our Truck
Kilwa Kivinje was a prominent maritime city-state that flourished between the 11th and 15th centuries, dominating the Swahili Coast and becoming a centre for trade in gold, ivory, and slaves. In the...
We sailed to the tiny island of Songo Mnara, about 8km south of Kilwa Kisiwani, for about one and a half hours. It contains ruins at its northern end – including a palace, several mosques and...
Today, ‘Kilwa on the Island’ is a quiet fishing village. Still, in its heyday, it was the centre of a vast trading network linking the old Shona kingdoms and the goldfields of Zimbabwe...