I am now officially rather old and can no longer boast to be in my 20's so here's to my 30's. Yesterday was a fabulous way to spend a birthday. We were up early for a surprise trip to The Vineyard Hotel in Claremont for a wonderful breakfast and a walk in the gardens. James then left me being pampered in the Spa. Back in the centre of town we moved to the Penthouse airstream trailer park and to accommodation for the night in 'Dorothy' and entirely polka dotted ...

Our public transport endeavours are well and truely doomed. After sharing a delightful car journey back to Windhoek with Claire and Johnny we were slightly depressed at the thought of another long distance bus journey. We were however relatively buoyed at the prospect of the sleepliner bus the epitome of bus travel to date complete with leg room, leg supports and reclining seats - what else could we wish for, other than a magic carpet of course. I began to have...