Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Jan 2008 After three months of Namibian gravel roads, dust and deserts it was a change to enter South Africa via the recently opened border crossing at Mata Mata, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP). Our joy at being back in the Kalahari was soon dampened by the chronic state of the sand roads in the park, they were so badly corrugated that the Landrover was actually starting to bounce and slide across the ridges and the r...

Christmas and New Year 2007 For Christmas 2006, you may recall that Angela and I shared the campsite at Tsitsikamma National Park with half the Afrikaaner nation as they braai'd 25% of South Africa's annual meat production in less than 2 hours. At Tsauchab River Camp, situated in a stunning location overlooking the Naukluft Mountains in central Namibia, Christmas 2007 came and went with Nature in full command. We woke to the sound of the dawn chorus (often ...

Farewell to Windhoek In preparation for a month in the Namib and Kalahari deserts, Angela and I have spent our time in Windhoek doing essential chores such as eating, drinking and lounging by the pool! Thanks to some cloudy days Angela has been able to stay in bed to at least 6.30am, before the heat drives her out of the tent! Alerted by the sudden appearance of numerous black millipedes, we sat at Arebbusch campsite and watched the approach of a major thunder...

Windy Windhoek Lake Oanab Resort, our intended destination after reluctantly leaving the Atlantic coast at Swakopmund, turned out to be less of a resort and more of a building site. A campsite with a pitch strewn with rubble, sloping towards a 20-metre drop to the lake below, didn't help. Downsizing from our own ablution block to a dirty portaloo was more than we were prepared to accept though, so we headed north to Windhoek. Such was the relief to be out of L...

"Exciting News from the UK Lottery" In the time it took to log in to the UK Lottery website after receiving the above titled email, I'd spent half of the 10 million pound first prize on fast cars, fast boats and even faster women. Being a generous type I'd also made a mental note to give Angela 50 pounds cash so she could go shopping and treat herself. Imagine then the feeling after logging in to claim our lottery win, only to find we'd won 10 po...