Tsumeb We won’t forget Tsumeb in a hurry. Our first night in the municipal campsite (one of the greenest, most beautiful sites we’ve encountered) was sadly ruined by continuously barking dogs and worries that someone was walking around outside about to mug us! We moved to a B&B in town to get some decent sleep then we get the worst electrical storm and rain we’ve ever encountered in our travels. The road outside was a river, good job we left...

If there is one thing worse than breaking down, it is breaking down in a national park. The temp gauge climbed rapidly as we drove the Fischer Pan area of Etosha and a quick look in the engine confirmed the worst, a radiator gasket had gone. Four things were fortunate about this, we had mobile reception, we were only 15kms from Namutoni, there were no elephants about and Florian was not there to gloat. The only concern, apart from the heat, was the arrival of a...

Dinosaur footprints & mad Germans (again). Why the car alarm chose to go off at 3am whilst we were camped alone in the middle of nowhere, 4km from Mt Etjo safari lodge is anyone’s guess. Angela and I sat in the roof top tent with rape alarm (mine), pepper spray and hammer thinking the worst, only to conclude that an insect had set it off. Next day as the early morning sun turned the local sandstone a deep red colour and antelope started drinking...

Swakopmund Part TwoThe expression “it’s a small world” is liberally bandied about but meeting my last boss in a hotel in Swakopmund must surely merit the use of the saying.Angela and I had visited the Swakopmund Hotel, previously the German railway station, to see if their Internet connection was any faster than the other places we’d tried.Walking in to the foyer I noticed a big sign board welcoming guests to the Netcare Pharmacy Suppliers...

Swakopmund Part 1 Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Wesley Snipes and now Ralph Spilsbury, the celebrity A list has certainly made Swakopmund, on the Namibian coast, it’s home over the last couple of years. Brad and Angelina came here to have a baby, Wesley to make a movie and yours truly to update our website, re-stock with wine and do the running repairs to vehicle, trailer and Angela that 1200kms of gravel road conditions demand. As we passed throug...