After the civil war

ATTN ANJA NY ** TO GO WITH STY BY BARRY HATTON SLUGGED ANGOLA LONG ROAD BACK ** A boy performs a headstand in front of the remains of a church in Kuito, Angola, March 13, 2003. After a quarter century of civil war oil and mineral rich Angola is still one of the poorest countries in the world. (AP Photo/Denis Doyle)

Gallery

Land Rovers following the tour leader’s Cruiser.

Shiwa is today run as a small-scale, up-market hotel.

Running on solar, and in a small way doing your bit to prevent global warming.

The Outback is based on the Legacy wagon, but with increased ground clearance, while the Volvo retains a functional, workman-like demeanour.

Conditions ranged from atrocious to fair, with the pouring rain and mud of the first day abating on the second, to the relief of our photographer who also had the thankless task of getting the car clean every time for the shot!

View from Elmina slave fort

The writer outside the Grand Mosque, Timbuktu.