Day 4 to 6 - 3rd to 5th November - into the Namib Desert Point of departure : Aus Point of arrival : Namib Rand Nature Reserve Accommodation: Sossusvlei Desert Lodge(www.andbeyondafrica.com) Km travelled today: 348km Cum: 1 665km (gravel 339km cum 528km) Countries so far: 2/16 Where to next? Swakopmund Total number of photos taken: 123 (cum 367) We are on our way to Sossusvlei…. We should get there some time today… and we did, at about 1pm after stopp...

Day 2 - Namibia Point of departure : Springbok, South Africa Point of arrival : Luderitz Accommodation: Luderitz Nest Hotel (www.nesthotel.com) Km travelled today: 569km Cum: 1 222km (on dirt/gravel 144km) Countries so far: 2/16 Where to next? Sossusvlei, Namibia Number of photos: 136 (cum 244) A latish start after trying to finalise some internet and email stuff, and a good breakfast at the Springbok Lodge.Just over a 118km to the Vioolsdrift border post...

NAMIBIA - THE COUNTRY Fancy a little history and geography lesson …. read on, if not skip and move onto the next blog entry.(Source:www.worldmapmaker.com ) The Flag (adopted 21 March 1990) (source www.worldflags.com) The flag consists of 3 diagonal stripes - the top stripe is blue, the middle stripe is red and the bottom stripe is green.The blue and green stripes are of equal size.The red stripe in the middle is bordered on the top and bottom by a thin white...

Day 1 - Northern Cape, South Africa Point of departure :Cape Town Point of arrival : Springbok Accommodation:Springbok Lodge ([email protected]) Km travelled today: 653kmCum:653 km (excluding trip down from Jhb) Countries so far: 1/16 Where to next? Luderitz, Namibia Total number of photos taken: 108 (cum 108) A fairly gentle 08H00 start as Patrick and Brigitte headed for the airport and John and Marina started their epic journey.A couple of false s...

CAPE TOWN (27th to 31st October 2009) A largely uneventful trip down to Cape Town,other than the ostrich with suicidal tendencies that we collected on our bull bar at about 40km an hour. We ruffled her feathers a bit but happily she got up walked off into the bush without any visible side effects.The Beast was likewise fairly unaffected (the steel bumper and bull bar paid for itself!) and nothing much more than a cracked number plate.Luckily we were going so slo...