And then the last leg! A few hours and we were back in Windhoek where we started seven weeks ago. While we still had the cars, we dropped our own gear back at Londiningi Guesthouse and raced around town buying the last few things we wanted to take home. We hit the camping shops to buy some gear we know is not available at home - a braai grill and stand, and a small camp bread oven. Heavy to take home but we'll fit it in somehow! We dropped the cars off at the ca...

Next day everyone else arrived at various times. To kick off the trip we all met around the pool for a drink, then piled into minibuses to go to Joe's, an veritable institution in Windhoek and packed to the rafters despite it being a Thursday night. For many it was their first taste of game meats - Oryx, Springbok and so on. It was a really good night getting to know the group we will be travelling with for the next 2 months. 15 May This day was looking like be...

The flight we chose to get to Johannesburg was via Singapore. Odd choice you might think but as we had points with Singapore Airlines we could travel Business Class all the way and so hopefully arrive a bit more refreshed. Well, good idea in theory - the trip from home to the lodge in Windhoek took just on 30 hours and we were well jet-lagged! Still better to be jet-lagged travelling Business than Economy! Londoningi Lodge in Windhoek is a pleasant place in a ...