At the age of 32, prolific traveller Brian was a latecomer to the profession of overlanding – a nomad’s vocation involving the driving of tourists to some of the world’s most remote destinations.
When one of its drivers in East Africa was struck by malaria, the agency Brian had registered with flew him to Nairobi, where he embarked on his first 13-week trip, accompanied by a seasoned overlander, through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and on to South Africa.
Soon, he’d been allocated his own truck on which he took a tour through the mountains of Uganda, where he found himself at one with silverback gorillas.
