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Etosha central salt pan is desolate in the extreme, but when you look closely you still find tracks either heading out onto it or back from it. I guess if you live on the fringes of it, at least nothing … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Etosha at last. 23,000km2 of desert National Park (about the size of Scotland). The salt pan itself is 4,700km2. Everywhere in Namibia is remote – this place even more so than most. The country is the size of the UK … Continue reading
We left Dustenbrook Farm regretfully, A great place to stop over for a couple of days. This is Justine – don’t let the broom fool you, she does everything round here (there are plenty of staff and they’re all busy, … Continue reading
We’ve been having problems with the electrics in the car so decided to head straight up the B1 to Windhoek (Capital of Namibia) to see if we can get someone to help. Losing the fridge etc would be a pain … Continue reading
After Fish River Canyon…. ….we stayed at the Canon Roadhouse. In the middle of nowhere, on the dusty sand & gravel trail west towards Keetmanshoop (pronounced Keet-man’s-verp) we found a campsite / motel stuffed with vintage cars in both the … Continue reading
Wow, The Cape was lovely but I’d never have thought Namibia could out-do it. We travelled to Vioolsdrift, then crossed into Namibia at Noerdower (spelling varies) 200km of dusty, gravel roads without another car in site. Our car filled with … Continue reading
28th November. The car’s out, and we’re on the road. Duncan, from Africa Overland (yellow jacket) did a great job of shipping and Customs clearance with his colleague Jason. We camped overnight at his new farm – for which he … Continue reading
I didn’t think there would be any similarities between London and Cape Town but, even having been here only 48 hours, there is one that’s obvious. Sometimes you can get 4 seasons in one day. A gloomy spring morning…. …..can … Continue reading
Maybe our infinite changes of plan have been a blessing? – If we’d managed to get into Egypt: we’d have been caught up in the troubles there. – If we’d managed to drive through Israel & Jordan to The Sinai … Continue reading
Last week was a bit tense. After all the false starts and revised plans (refer back to our new Binary Plan Numbering system), we finally got the car to Tilbury port and stripped of all the roof equipment so that … Continue reading