We are well aware that Cape Town is not exactly untouched by the tourist hand - with this in mind we will keep the list of to do's and to dun's to a minimum! That said lets try to create a picture for you. We are sporting colds - heavy flippin' colds! Our vision of lounging by the pool under uninterrupted blue skies hasn't YET come to fruition. We will have to wait until next week and Namibia for that pleasure. So, here we are in the City Bowl. Balancing ca...

Final tasks completed, we made a bee line for Terminal 4 and the BA flight to Cape Town. We joined the end of a 22 strong queue of non revenue passengers. Most of us were disappointed. After hurrid goodbye's to Sue's folks, we tore off to T1. We were rewarded with two seats in row 75... yes 75, of a packed SAA 747. Necks crooked over to the right, we took in our final view of England for some time - the amber speckled map below soon gave way to charcoal cloud ...

Hi 'allseven'ettes! We thought it time to fill you in with our planned route for the next 18 months. It will be one heck of a long road back to this island and events will no doubt alter our path on many occasions. The elephants are calling, the llamas bleating (do llama's bleat?) and engines of our jet airplane are rumblin'! Our aim is to take the road less travelled. At least to make it to all those places you point to on a map and ask yourself 'can you imag...