We're off?????? After a depressing day yesterday, Marius at Landrover Upington has been working miracles and it looks as though we will have a workable fuel tank by lunchtime today. All being well we will be heading to Britstown tomorrow for an overnight stop then Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape the day after, in time for our 5 day reservation there. We will have missed out on Mt Zebra NP but there is always another time! Thanks to everyone in Upin...

Loading a postcard from Britstown before we got there was tempting fate! When we were back in the UK people asked what our scariest moment in Africa had been, and we were pushed to answer. Now I can answer that question easily, a Landrover Discovery having a rear tyre blow out whilst towing a trailer! Fortunately we were cresting a hill at the time with a decent verge either side but to say I needed a change of underpants would be an understatement. We are fin...

We are not quite in Britstown yet but I doubt they will have internet connections, it is just a stopover on the way to the coast. We are heading for Mountain Zebra National Park, which (as even Gary has probably realised) is famous for mountain zebra, a sub species that nearly died out. We are going on to Addo Elephant park then doing a 2 month loop along the Eastern and Western Capes via various friends in the Cape Town area (they may not know it yet!) The in...

Kgalagadi Park 20 Nov – 2 Dec 2006 A short update to say that we had a great couple of weeks back in the Kalahari at Twee Rivirien, Nossob and Grootkolk camps. One undoubted highlight in terms of wildlife was seeing 2 leopards mating, the first leopards we’ve seen in 4 visits to this park. Apparently the female only comes in to season 2-3 days a year so the male has to make the most of it….. I know the feeling! We saw lions nearly e...

Monate Campsite UpingtonThanks to a superb service from Magda, Marius and the team at North West Ford & Mazda we now have a fully repaired Discovery, with a new drive shaft joint, back door lock and new oil seals.We’ve decided to return to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park for 8 nights to see some animals before departing for the Cape area, and to give the vehicle a good workout.In the meantime we have had a relaxing time at Monate campsite, 12 km north of U...