A small change of plan this morning saw us drive straight to Swakopmund so that Zac could see a doctor. We were meant to be doing a bush camp at Skitskoppe however as his chest is still in pain and has been for 6 days it was decided that better safe than sorry and get him to a doctor. Ruth came into her own today when I offered to go to the doctor with Zac and she said 'well I am certainly not going, I can't stomach another hospital'. My thought, wow, you ar...

Arrived today at a campsite called Cheetah Park. It is a farm just off the main road that has 18 cheetahs under their care. As we arrived we realised that we were the only people staying in the campsite which was a little eerie, especially as a number of the main buildings of the site are closed - it has clearly not been high season for quite some time in this part of the world. At 4pm the owners son came to pick us up in his utility. Half of us rode in th...

Today as part of our journey to our campsite we did a game drive in the truck through Etosha National Park. Soon after arriving in the park we saw some Lions resting in the shade and then a White Rhino grazing on the grass literally next to the road. We also a number of Impala and other antelope like animals. As the day got hotter (ie, 11am) the game seemed to vanish and sit under trees. Not being allowed to drive off the roads and being in the truck which is...

Another drive day, another day of reading, watching the country side slide past and generally try to find topics we have not yet covered in the past 14 weeks - sometimes gets a little trying. Today we crossed into Namibia without incidence and for free which was a bonus. At 3pm the first shot was taken for Australia Day finally hitting in Australia - think it was the Eastern States. A number of shots then followed on an hourly basis as each State was deemed ...

Today we headed for Namibia. As it is a long drive, we are breaking it into 2 drive days and so tonight was a bush camp. As the sun dipped below the horizon and our muscles really started to ache from sitting on the truck for 12 hours we finally slowed down and thought that a site for a bush camp had been found. Ruth and Nick have to date found a site which is off the road so that we can be as inconspicuous as possible and we can not play music loud on the tru...