Graeme Bell

Graeme Bell

Graeme is almost seriously convinced that he is a reincarnated Viking. His longship is a long Land Rover called Mafuta or Big One in isiZulu. His wife is known to the Norwegians as Shield Maiden and he has a passion for beer and (free range) meat. Both his children are large and blonde (except for his daughter who is small and brunette). The Bell family will soon be heading very, very far North doing their bit to end Malaria deaths by 2015 with Malaria No More. Our website is www.a2aexpedition.com - we will be adding blogs and images as we travel.


Posts by Graeme Bell

road-trip-tunes

My top 21 greatest road trip songs

12 February 2013 | Graeme Bell

Everyone loves lists. So here is my top 21 list of the greatest road-tripping music, ever ... and in no particular order.

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Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer)

Surviving Sao Paulo, southern Brazil and the City of God

9 January 2013 | Graeme Bell

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I think it was Paul Theroux who said “bad roads, good people”. That has been our experience in Brazil but we have also found good roads, good people and no roads, good people.

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Yerba mate

Uruguay (and Yerba Mate)

30 October 2012 | Graeme Bell

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My initial perception of South America is what I have seen on TV and the media: a wild, corrupt, drug fuelled mess. It turns out that so far, it's nothing of the sort.

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Chavez

South American culture shock (and street art)

11 October 2012 | Graeme Bell

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We've arrived in Argentina for the first leg of our massive expedition across the Americas. Buenos Aires has been an absolute culture shock. The area we're staying in is covered in street art and graffiti - here's our view of the city in photos.

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Mafuta the Landy

Follow my family’s epic adventure from Argentina to Alaska

21 September 2012 | Graeme Bell

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Myself, my wife and our two kids are soon going to be heading off on an epic journey from the bottom of South America to the top of the North American continent.

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Argentina to Alaska 2012

10 tips for planning an intercontinental overland expedition

10 September 2012 | Graeme Bell

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I've been preparing to go on an intercontinental overlanding expedition from Argentina to Alaska ... and it's every bit as daunting as it sounds. Here are 10 tips I've learned while preparing for the adventure.

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The Baviaanskloof Pass

Living well in the Baviaanskloof

8 May 2012 | Graeme Bell

On a recent trip to the Baviaanskloof with two Norwegian overlanders we learnt a few things about ourselves.

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Jessicat chilling

Overlanding with our kids

24 April 2012 | Graeme Bell

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Travelling with kids can noisy, messy, infuriatingly hard work. But kids see things old eyes don't, kids live in the moment and remind us what it was like to be young and carefree (careless?).

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Beautiful Cape Maclear

My top 10 overland campsites

17 February 2012 | Graeme Bell

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Overland camps are great places to meet like minded people, grab a cold beer after a long day of driving and to get advice from travellers coming from where you are going. My top ten Overland campsites all have one thing in common - character.

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The dirt road to Malawi’s Marka Border

Sometimes it all goes wrong: overlanding in Mozambique and Malawi

15 February 2012 | Graeme Bell

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On a recent overland trip to Malawi we decided to take the road less travelled, with interesting results.

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