Elliot - Dec 3rd to 4th We drove to Queenstown and filled up the thirsty landy, we were to rack up 308km today and pass the 1,000km mark today, only 22,000km to go!We decided a Nando's was in order for lunch and all enjoyed that.The town was quite big, very different from Cape Town with bustling streets and we definitely felt like the minority, everyone was very nice though especially our car attendant at the Sasol filling station, he was full of energy and very...

Mountain Zebra National Park - Dec 2nd to 3rd We packed up and said goodbye to Karoo National Park and started the 401km drive to Mountain Zebra Natoinal Park.Again lots of amazing scenery and some mixed driving conditions, as we climbed various mountain passes the visibility would drop to practically nothing, then in the low lands the sun was shinning bright. We came across Aberdeen on the our travels, not quite the same as the one I'm used to in Scotland, e...

Karoo National Park - Nov 30th to Dec 2nd This was are first campsite, all looks a bit hectic but everything seemed to be working, it just took a while to get everything out of the back (and even longer to get it all back in, but Paul and Dave are quickly becoming experts!). The first night went well, the awning came into it's own as it a short storm moved over.We were able to enjoy beer and wine under it's shelter as we watched the odd lightening bolt shatte...

The Adventure Begins - Nov 30th 2007 In hindsight it maybe wasn't the best idea to work right up until 5 minutes before we set out on our 23,000 km, 6 month Southern Africa road trip but that's the way it was and Paul had been working part time for the month doing the final preparations with Dave and Kaz.I 'worked' on Friday morning, and was picked up at about 12.30 by the landy.I was a bit shocked to see how loaded up Kal was but I think that was partly due t...

Trip Planning and Preparation Working in Cape Town meant that we had a long period to prepare and plan for the trip. One of the first steps taken was purchasing the vehicle for the job and the Land Rover Defender was the perfect choice. This is it from when we took it for a day out down to Cape Point. When it was bought it already came well fitted out for the journey, it's a 2000 model and didn't have a lot of k's on the clock. It's list of extra's included: r...