Walking up the 45th Dune I realised that I still suffer from vertigo, so I thought how can I get rid of it? Oh I know, I can jump out of a plane! So off I went to a skydiving club and I actually jumped out of a plane at 10,000 ft on the Namibia desert! It was the most amazing, scary and insane thing I have ever done. The feeling of freedom is undescribable and overwhelming. I have a video of it all but cannot work out how to upload it. I also madly fell in l...

We started our overland trip across Africa on 6th September. Uploading pictures takes forever, so for the moment you'll find only photos of the other travellers. Some of them will finish their trip in Zambia and some will continue with me up to Kenya. So we'll have some fresh blood in a couple of weeks :-) The Internet cafe is closing so will write more tomorrow and upload photos of the Namibia desert. There are no words to explain its beauty. Unfortunately no p...

So it's been a week since I've arrived in CT. After 3 days of storms, spring finally came bringing beautiful colours and widespread good mood. People here are incredibly friendly. I haven't felt in danger for a second. Cape Town is a very fascinating city. It reminds me of San Francisco with its hills and different colours. Table Moutain is really impressive although often covered by clouds. Yesterday I went to visit Robben Island which is where political pri...