New Year was spent in the Wilderness. Not wandering around, dazed and confused in some ethereal, mystic dream-like state, trying to ‘find ourselves‘. Wilderness is a small coastal town on the Garden Route with a pleasant, quiet campsite on the … Continue reading
Christmas was spent camped at a water-sports resort but, since we’ve not had Internet for a couple of weeks, I’ll back-track a little. We had left the Kalahari (Kgalagadi, as it’s been locally known for many generations) looking for a … Continue reading
There are basically 4 tar roads in Namibia & all are single lane – the B1 runs north / south, the B4 runs west from the B1 to Luderitz and the B2 runs west to Swapokmund / Walvis Bay (the … Continue reading
We did a couple more running repairs to the car:- Fitted foam rubber to all doors to try and keep the dust out: Put duck-tape (marvellous stuff) over holes in the floor where things had been bolted through before, then … Continue reading
From Khorixas we headed into Damaraland proper – more like desert and home to Himba / Herero people. The Herero dress in almost traditional ‘Victorian’ clothing, except in bright colours like something from a Beryl Cook picture. Whereas the Himba … 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
Another great view from the ‘Penthouse’ at around 8am in Eastern Turkey. Inland / Eastern Turkey is quite different from the beach-resorts that dominate in the west and the south. More rugged, more mountainous and more unspoilt. And more snow! … Continue reading
No, not the favourite magazine of teenage boys when I was a lad. The view from our tent window when waking up at 7.30am at one of our Turkish campsites. Not bad at all. After packing up our Ephesus camp, … Continue reading