Rachael and I finish packing the truck with all that we need. Packing light is not the order of the day as we have a double cab truck for the three of us (Aulden is to join us later in the trip). We leave Windhoek at about 10am and drove up the B1 (Tarmac road!) to the Mashara Lodge. It is a 5hr drive to get there. Rachael and I spent the drive getting to know each other. It turns out that we are actually really really similar. We have a lot of similar feelings,...

(The photo is not mine!) What a long way from the UK! I left on Monday at 10.48 from Clifton Down train station. I stopped off in Reading to see my sisters new house and then went on to Heathrow for my flight at 19:00hrs. This flight then got me into Joberg at 07:12. I slept for all of about 2hrs. Not enough! My flight to Nam wasn't until 13:20 so my love beds made out of airport benchs has grown! Once on the plane I was handed a piece of paper called 'Arrival/D...