Ode to Mozza

Trip Start Jun 12, 2011
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Trip End Jun 16, 2012


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Had Mozza's keys torn away

Flag of South Africa  , KwaZulu-Natal,
Monday, October 31, 2011

I knew it would be happening sooner or later, but now that I was back in Durban it was time to hand Mozza back to Hoopers. I would have loved to keep him and visit every African country, but I had a tour starting in Ethiopia that I had to catch.

I can't say that handing the keys back was easy. In the end we'd travelled about 24,200km together. He'd been frozen, baked, bogged (my fault) and yet never let me down. We'd been on tar, sand, mud, rocks, gravel, water, grass and ice. We'd conquered the highest mountain pass in Africa, crossed the continent twice and been in and out of the Rift Valley countless times.

It was the end of an era, but thanks to modern technology Mozza would live forever in my blog. Part 1 of Andrew's World Odyssey was now over, but Part Two was about to begin
Mozza hand over
Mozza hand over
. From South Africa I now travel to Ethiopia and join an overland tour which will take me all the way back down to Nairobi. For enyone who has been following me through the Hoopers site, and is interested in following the rest of my world shenannigans, you're welcome to join me on my personal blog:

http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog/farnie10/1/tpod.html

Farewell Mozza, I'll miss you mate! Ethiopia& Kenya, here I come.

[24,200km total]
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Comments

Rosemary Grant from Qatar on

Wow Andrew, congrats!! I have to say, I did wonder whether you would be medevacked out a number of times - especially when you had a long delay between postings - and any desire to do the trip myself pretty much plunged to a gory death, but you have my respect in spades.
I will be reading your new blog in the hopes that doing an Africa Overland tour with a group might be slightly less hair-raising, but secretly wonder about bandits and the group dynamic!
Take care and enjoy

Anonymous on

Thank-you for living this dream and sharing it. I'm enjoying living vicariously through your blogs - my morning computer routine involves scrolling through the tedium of depressing current events and obnoxious facebook updates which make me impatient to see what you've done next - your adventures remind me that there are still amazing wonders to see and experience in this world - it's like a breath of air for me and reminds me to work towards my own adventure goals. Keep up the great work - will keep reading to see what you do next.

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