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      • Places to eat.
        02/28/09
        We tried many a good restaurant while in Cape Town, and for an Englishman you do appear spoilt for choice. My top five include the following.
        The Tank
        Cape Quarter, De Waterkant Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa‎ - 021 419 0007‎. This is great if you enjoy Sashimi or Sushi, but in t

      • Yellow Tail Fish Festival in Struisbaai and L'Agulhas
        02/27/09


        Struisbaai has a population of 1200 and L'Agulhas a population of 600, this weekend they expect 30 to 50,000 visitors at the Yellow fish Festival. we took a look earlier this week, at the most southern point of Africa in L'Agulhas where the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans meet

      • A little help from Schalk Burger
        02/23/09

        Schalk Burger runs a mainly Land Rover garage, specialising in service, maintenance and repair work on Land Rovers and other 4 X 4 vehicles. We called in for a gear box top up, just under a litre of ep 90, plus the labour, he charged us an astonishing 22 rand. With 14.6 rand to the pound at

      • Sunday Morning
        02/22/09
        At the Waterfront

        Here at last...

      • Western Cape
        02/21/09

        We left after breakfast, heading out with some locals down a deep sand track south. The coast line very beautiful, the sand quite hard work for the landy. The tyre pressure reduced to one bar gave us a better foot print for travelling.

        The tracks along the south coast are very

      • Border Day, one week later.
        02/20/09
        We arrive at the border Noordoewer at 10.30am, a great atmosphere compared with last week, as the Namib immigration team recognise us, stamp our passports and send us on our way.
        Once across the border most tend to head straight for Cape Town missing out the West Coasts of South Africa, we were

      • On the way down again.....
        02/19/09

        We left Arebbusch campsite, Windhoek after breakfast and coffee with Jean and Hannelese and made our way to Maltahohe, and at the Maltahohe Hotel we were directed east out of the town and after crossing the bridge turn left, heading 40 km North, to a Pan that was described in the papers as

      • Finally a South African Visa granted for Martins
        02/18/09
        Last night again torrential rain poured down creating flash flooding, but it is the rainy season.
        We left the Cardboard box and joined Jean, Hanellie and family at a site just outside town.



        This morning...
        After a little confusion over the repatriation fee Martins

      • Return to South African Embassy to resubmit Martins Visa application.
        02/17/09
        Returned to South African Embassy to resubmit Martins Visa application. We were then told to return tomorrow morning to pick up the passport and visa.



        Last night Hannelese and Jean, William and Jean Pierre arrived and joined us for supper. Their journey from Congo DRC throug

      • The deserts are obtaining a little colour...
        02/16/09

        Every day for the last week during the morning the clouds collect and in the evening we have the rains.
        The colour is starting to show in the surrounding Namibian Desert and the Pans filling. By mid week all the Lilies and Orchids are expected to bring additional colour to the country. T

      • Something going on in Windhoek
        02/15/09
        There are many reasons for running the website including reporting any Water Aid updates and the 2nd trip from Colchester to Cape Town.
        One of the points of the website is to share with other travellers our experiences of the various places we’ve been to, and hopefully this can be helpful.
      • Back to the Cardboard Box
        02/14/09
        Quite a long drive north to Windhoek, but we took the main B1 route, and this for the first day in a long time was all tar.
        30 km before Windhoek we pulled of the road to talk to these people. They were a farming family that had taken their Donkey and Karts to the tar road, and then walked into

      • Friday the 13th do your worst...
        02/13/09

        A simple trip to the Border, but not So Simply… not on Friday 13th.
        After a good breakfast we head off south to the border post of Noordoewer approximately 130 km short of Springbok in South Africa. The border is naturally marked by the Orange River.
        We approached the Namibian i

      • DAY SIXTY EIGHT
        02/12/09
        New Team Total
        £11,015.79

      • Seehiem and off.
        02/12/09
        Charlie found himself a few spiders in his room, and one called the Hair Cutter. Fairly harmless can cut you, the locals say more likely to cut your hair in your sleep which it subsequently uses in its nest. Needless to say ended up under Charlie’s shoe.



        I dont know what i

      • Destination Seehiem
        02/11/09
        Charlie enjoyed a night in the roof top tent but at 4.30am was rudley awakened by Martins who had been attacked in his ground tent by ants and other biting insects. Having woken early we decide to head off to the dunes 60 km away.



        After a walk up the dunes at 6am this mornin

      • Heading South
        02/10/09
        This is the campsite at Sossusviei, Namib Desert, we pulled in here in time to shoot the sunset.



      • Message to Brian and Jan
        02/09/09
        Can you call or text George on this number +447880706787



        A slow start in Swakop, after some Pool with the locals, off for a Sundowner quad in the Namibian desert.





      • Skeleton Coast
        02/08/09
        The birds not helping the local eletricity board.



        This morning after returning from breakfast we find 510 Namibian rand missing from luggage, the management will let us know in due course weather this turns up at a later date.
        After a good grease up the prop shaft whic

      • Heavy rains
        02/07/09
        We leave Etosha at lunch having not seen too much due to the heavy rains. The dry season is the best time to view game as they tend to congregate round the water holes, but with water in abundance in the 22,912 square km the animals are to be difficult to locate. How ever we had enjoyed the park an

      • Etosha, very wet
        02/06/09
        Charlie Martins and George left a wet campsite at Nematouni and headed to Halali Camp.


        In the evening we caught up with an English Couple, Janice and Ian and they very kindly asked us for supper.


      • Off to Etosha
        02/05/09
        The last time we had a dry, cool, sleep in a hotel, with hot and cold running water. That we haven’t had to wash out of a bucket, or be eaten alive by small insects, either crawling up your leg, or flying and landing in the attack position. The last time we haven’t had to chop and cook our onion

      • Charlie joins George and Martins
        02/04/09
        Just below Chibia was where we were camped last night in a borrow pit, apart from ants there were no real aggravations’.
        Today we achieved the Angolan / Namibian border at Oshikango. The easiest border post so far. No hassle, one immigration and customs on each side, quick police vehicle cont

      • The Chinese way.
        02/03/09
        We achieved 377 miles, with a mixture of fresh, and pot holed tarmac, dusty tracks.

        The effect the Chinese are having in Angola is enormous, new bridges roads are all being engineered and developed by them. At any construction areas, the Chinese have the plans and pens, measuring tapes

      • DAY FIFTY EIGHT
        02/02/09
        Leaving Luanda, Angola. On the road south. Back on Tarmac roads, the first time for ages. Unfortunately this didnt last long.

        A great drive today and bush camped off the main road some 1.5 miles. Approx 40 miles before the port of Lobito.

      • Super Daves Football Shirts go to a good home in Nsanze in Angola
        02/01/09

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