Mambo Jambo

All is good! All is fine!

Finally made it early this morning after a very long day of flight catching, airport chilling ,customs and immigration officials paw greasing! I'm still loving this just as much as the South so far but this is very different!! Dar es Salaam, for a first time whitey, looks pretty much exactly like that place you see behind the people explaining the big problem, on the news! That place that looks exactly like most parents nightmares when their kid says -I'm going to Africa! I don't want to give it a bad name, it feels great to be hear and very chill but the contrast with the wealthier south west coast of the continent couldn't be bigger!!

Here's the ground successfully covered so far >>>




More news and digital shots asap!!
Until then, I'll try and avoid the law as much as possible to save some money for other things than "tourist sidewalk usage taxes" or "foreigner street crossing fees"!


Captain Nick >>>>> Out!

The long way part 3

Ladies and gentlemen of the Plog ... Here's how it goes ...


Just got briefed on the next part of this ever so mysterious African secret adventure and it looks like I'll be off in the morning again! True that! This time, I'll be flying in the wee hours of the South African morning to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! Should manage to get there on Wednesday late late! I've got a few connecting flights to catch at different spots and a few different administrations to convince to let me through!! Let's see how that goes!

Wish me luck for the long day of tripping I have ahead of me tomorrow and I'll Plog ya as soon as I make it!!!



This whole getting deeper into Africa thing is very exciting !!!! I promise you many absolutely amazing shots!!!


As for all the great questions asked lately, please be patient with me... Lot's to do, lots to organize, but I will eventually find a few minutes to answer!!



Take care out there and stay lively !!

Captain Nick >>>>> Out!

Malawi Cob

... Rugby jerseys, shorts and flip-flops...

T.I.C.T.





More tomorrow ...
Until then ...
Stay Lekker!

On top of the world

Good day from the top of the world!



Lots was accomplished today! True story!! Amongst other things, I conquered a giant mountain (took 5 rolls in the process)! Cape Town is awesome!! I highly recommend this town to everyone!! Absolutely great place to discover and hang out in!!

Tomorrow I get to hook up with my elusive contact down here, our man in Cape Town who also happens to be an officially recognized "Mix Master"! I will be debriefed on my last operational operation doings but more importantly find out more about the next steps of this highly secretive and very mysterious operational operation aka, "HOD/The Long Way Part 3"! Until then ... Some shots and maybe even some of the thousands of doodles I filled my new sketchbook with while on the high seas!!



All is Lekker, ya?!

T.I.A.

Hello from South Africa, ya?!

Finally made it and in one piece as well! This 3 week ride was, as expected, absolutely awesome (mega northern European Winter storms included) and am already thinking of the next time I'll be able to merchant marine my way somewhere... Anywhere!! So operation "Heart of Darkness/The Long Way part 2" is a complete success!! No pirates ... No sea zombies ... Not even a mermaid or two!! But let me tell ya ... Sailing in this morning, looking at the mountains coming towards us, I think is the new top number 1 mostest beautiful thing I've ever seen ever!! Sure ... The giant Hump-back-whale coming up not more than 20 meters from where I was standing on the deck did help in making this morning astoundingly awesome!! But even without the large mammal coming up to say hi... The view coming in to Cape Town from the ocean is mind boggling!!!

I highly recommend it!

So now I'm back on land and on the world wide webs as well!! So rest assured, dearest Plog followers ... I have no near future plans that should take me too far away from this Plog anytime soon!!



Here's a quick digital brief idea of what it kinda looked like this morning!






























Rest assured, however... I got it on film ... Many films ... No like many many rolls!! 22 rolls of raw awesomeness so far so ... Get ready for some heavy film action on the ANCOM as soon as I'm back in HK!! True that!!


Now if you don't mind ... I've been dry for 3 weeks and just found out that a pint of "God's tears" is like just 27 Rand down here !!!!! I know right ... It's like stealing candy from a sleeping baby who's parent's aren't even there cuz they don't care and that part of the street doesn't even have cctv!! ... Yeah! ... Poor kid!





Catch ya later !
Stay fresh!