Raeesah Chandlay

Building resilience was, and still is, one of my reasons for doing this trip. I think I am a fairly strong person, having weathered my fair share of life’s lemons. But I feel like I quit things too easily, and

We got a direct ride back to Windhoek from Gobabis, and after a very confusing and difficult evening (more about that later) with some new friends, we made our way to Okuhandja—a small town en route to the coast. After

Three months ago, my friend Andrew introduced us to Juro, who had, in turn, been introduced to Andrew by our mutual friends in Swaziland (or eSwatini—depending on how you feel about the Swazi royal family). They hosted Juro during his

It was ̶r̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ pouring the day we left for Gobabis. Interestingly, the rain actually helped us get rides. We barely waited for ten minutes before getting a ride to the airport in a not so successful mission for Juro to

Things got easier as soon as we crossed into Namibia. A couple hundred metres from the border, a nice lady hitched us to the nearest filling station and hooked us up with the staff so we’d have a place to

I left Joburg on the 14th. Took a bus to Cape Town and met up with Juro (the aforementioned Brazilian friend). Juro has 10 years of experience hitchhiking and traveling “moneyless” —a lifestyle almost completely foreign to me until now.

It’s been a month since I decided to join my crazy Brazilian friend on the road. During this time I sold/gave away most of my belongings, preparing myself for life on the go—a life of minimalism…a process of shedding.