In 1993-1994, I drove from Luxembourg to Cape Town in an ex-British Army Land Rover called Twiga, covering roughly 35,000 kilometers across 19 African countries over 12 months with 300l fuel capacity, 70HP, 40 punctures, max speed 85km/h. It was a year of overland travel, breakdowns, border crossings, wild camps, and constant improvisation, moving through North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa before shipping the vehicle back to Europe from South Africa. I did my pilot license in Zimbabwe. The journey was not just about reaching Cape Town, but about crossing the continent slowly enough to experience its landscapes, its people, and the sheer unpredictability of long-distance travel in Africa at that time.