Check out this little video we put together…Just to give you an idea of the kind of terrain we covered in 18 days!

Travel in Africa, particularly Southern Africa is extremely challenging and uncomfortable! Check out the kind of conditions we have had to endure over the last 3 days – how we have managed I don’t know:

How must I shower in this

and sleep in this

We have been astounded by the presence of Protea Hotels in Southern Africa. While researching our Rally Route we realised that the Protea Hotel locations coincided remarkably with our stop overs – who would have thunk. You can travel through most of Southern Africa including Namibia, Zambia and Malawi staying in Protea Hotels all the way.

We have been insanely fortunate to have been hosted by Protea Hotels over the last 3 nights. We spent 2 nights at the Protea Hotel Livingstone which we used as a base for Check Point 2 and for the Put Foot Foundation shoe drop. We are tonight in the Protea Hotel in Lusaka. Both hotels are insanely plush and offer such great relief from the long hours on the road. The staff are so friendly and helpful and are probably the highlight of our stay at Protea Hotels in Zambia.

Protea Hotel Livingstone Team

A true Zambian Oasis

This stage has very kindly been sponsored by:

Drake Fund Advisors

We stayed at Bush Baby Lodge last night…well camped. It was necessary to qualify the camping bit as it was freeezing and far from having the comfort that the word “lodge” conjures up. Another indication of our commitment to this cause – it is hardcore out here…no not really…we are just soft.

It was nonetheless beautiful and although we didn’t see any of the lodges namesake scurrying around the trees we were fortunate enough to see 4 rhino…one of which could not have been more than a month old – shampies!

Dusk

Just before Dusk

Somewhere between dusk and dark

Novare Investments

That is another R10 000 for Abraham Kriel! We would like to thank, profusely, Terebinth Capital (Pty) Ltd for their very generous donation!

Terebinth Capital (Pty) Ltd

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We don’t mean that in a bad way…we are just running out of ways to describe how appreciative we are of corporate sponsors that have donated R10 000 to our cause. Obsidian Capital is another amazing company that has very generously donated to Abraham Kriel and helped us get to the R175 000 mark (Obscene!)

Obsidian

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Bateleur Capital (Pty) Limited have just donated R10 000 to our cause!

Bateleur

Bateleur Capital (Pty) Limited is a specialist fund management company based in Cape Town, South Africa that commenced operations in 2004. The Company currently manages two hedge funds, Bateleur Fund 1 Partnership (long/short) and Bateleur MN Fund Partnership (market neutral), as well as a flexible unit trust fund (Bateleur Flexible Fund). Bateleur Capital has a strong value based investment philosophy and aims to deliver consistent real returns at appropriate risk levels. Capital preservation is a key focus at all times. Bateleur Capital (Pty) Limited is an authorised financial services provider.

Our goal was to raise R50 000 to help out Abraham Kriel but when the ball is coming off the bat so sweetly you might as well keep trying to hit 6′s! We are ridiculously excited to let you know that we have now officially got to our century (scored at record pace)! The talk is that it is a flat pitch and that we might be in for a while. Keep an eye out for more incoming runs…I mean funds.

Funds Raised

That’s the horn of Kevin our car…and ACPI is an awesome company that has just donated R10 000 to our Abraham Kriel fund raising initiative! We want to extend the largest of thank you’s to the ACPI team for their extremely generous donation!

ACPI

ACPI is an independent, innovative provider of asset management solutions for institutional and individual investors.
Established in 2001, and with offices in United Kingdom and South Africa, we have grown our assets under management to US$3bn.
ACPI seeks to apply our specialist asset management skills in serving the needs of our clients worldwide and to exceed their investment and client service expectations by managing their assets to the highest possible standard. In order to do so, we offer our clients a comprehensive range of products and services.