We headed to some waterholes that were recommended to us by a guide that Rachael knew. Alas there was nothing there. I was getting a little anannoyed at the lack of game and the constant driving. We arrived at the furthest watehole and there in the bushs was a male lion. Amazing. We drove back to another waterhole not expecting to see anything but there under the tree right by the road were to lionesses. One got bored of the constant clicking of the cameras and w...

We traveled into Etosha National Park. It is emense. Such space. It is also very dry and a lot of it has been damaged by fire. We drove round the Fisher's Pan where we saw a lot of Wilder beest, Kudu, Giraffe and Springbok. What an introduction. We then went down to the kalkeuwel Waterhole where on the way we got a little too close to the middle of a herd of Elephant. Opps. It was a good thing reverse worked so well! We stayed the night at Halali which was a bi...

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...