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
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
We’d got some suspension problems and put some requests for advice up onto ‘The HUBB’ and ‘The 4×4 Community’ forums. It’s fantastic how fast these guys respond with helpful information. In 24 hours we got a dozen responses, recommending 3 … 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
Leaving Etosha via Namatomi (the eastern gate) was a bit of a wrench – it had been such a tremendous experience. We headed further east towards Tsumeb & ‘Bushman’ country. For decent showers etc we stopped at Kupferquelle rest camp. … 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
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