Day 17: 15 February, Bagani to Katima MuliloA rainy day and first time to get tents etc down in rainy weather, but this went well and quickly. A good day to travel, we got to Katima in good time, passing villages from another chapter in my life. I thought of the Simana brothers, the Mafwe and Basubia people that I spent amazing times with, and of Paul Engelke, Mark Curry and the others from 701 M'Pacha.Katima/Ngwezi was almost unrecognizable. It is another Shop...

Day 15, 13 February: Rundu to BaganiThe sky and the trees get bigger further along the trans-caprivi, which follows the Okavango toward the Caprivi panhandle. This geo-political relic stands as a continuing reminder of the ridiculous and damaging impact of the zany colonial ideals (Vic Falls stumped the German ideal of a Coast to Coast route across Africa). Now, these boundaries remain as if they are real, separating the Lozi people in Caprivi from their Barots...

Day 11, 9 February - Swakopmund to Twyfelfontein (350km) The aim was to leave EARLY. Anyway, by 9am we were heading to the internet café. A cyber nightmare. The need to be and stay connected is now a major consideration. I do miss the unconnected world when one simply disappeared for months at a time. Now we schedule time, poll the GPS for internet café's etc. By 12, we were again ready to leave. I managed to stop by the Toyota folks to bypass Bigfoot's heater...

Day 14, 12 February: The Road to RunduWe left Namutoni in time not to pay another day's park fees and raced to the Wimpy in Tsumeb for breakfast (Malicious Margaret led the way). On the way to Tsumeb, we stopped at Lake Otjikoto, an unfathomable hole full of water. San name translates to 'Ugly Hole'. I found it quite pretty. It is a sinkhole, and is unfathomable. Some WW1 German soldiers very unsportingly threw their German engineered weapons into this hole ra...

Day 13, 11 February: Outjo to Namutoni (Etosha) We got the wayward flat tire repaired and back where it belongs yesterday. 3 kind guys at Outjo Engen did battle with the spare tire mechanism this time, and got it back quickly (their large hydraulic jack also helped). Since we fully expect that we won't have to use the spare again, the mechanism doesn't matter. By the way, the puncture was caused by a stone, and for everyone's info, those little aerosol cans an...