We drove into South Africa and had to camp one night before reaching Cape Town as the drive from Namibia was about 700k. On the last day, just 300k from our destination we managed to get a cracked windscreen courtesy of a passing waggon.

Our first sight of Cape Town and the Table Mountain was 24th April 2008, 1.00 p.m. It was beautifully sunny and 27 degrees WE HAD MADE IT..20,951 miles later!!!!!! We gave each other a 'high five' , thanked God , drove on into Cape Town itself and booked into a hotel right on the Waterfront. We still had to go out to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Aghuilas the most southerly point in Africa but as far as we were concerned Cape Town was our final destination and nearly 8 months to the date since leaving home we finally arrived. JOB DONE...

We had a wonderful reunion with Stuart & Natalie with whom we spent Christmas. We only caught up with them by chance as their ship home had been delayed. We had a fabulous celebratory meal and far too many drinks at Cape Grace the best hotel in Cape Town, staggering out at 2 a.m. Next day we met up slightly the worse for wear and watched Chelsea beat Man Utd.

We toured the Garden Route travelling all the way out to Port Elizabeth to have another celebratory meal with Charlie & Renchie, the two South African bikers with whom we travelled through the desert in Sudan.

We watched Manchester United win a place in the Champions League final only staggering out again at 2 a.m. after enjoying a few too many with Paul a Liverpool supporter from Warrington who now lives in South Africa whom we met in Mossell Bay.

On returning the Cape town we rented a fantastic apartment on the V&A waterfront and strolled around the many shops and restaurants.

We visited Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.

We took a city tour on a open top double decker bus nearly freezing to death as we drove up to the top of the cable car station in thick fog/mist.

The truck and camper were loaded into the container with only milimeters to spare on each side. It was such a tight squeeze that Peter had to crawl out underneath the truck.

We had yet another reunion meal with Jo & Jan the couple from Cape Town on the fold up bikes that we met at Jungle Junction, Nairobi during the rioting at New Year.

We watched the end of the Tour dAfrique cycle ride which took the bikers 120 days to cycle from Cairo to Cape Town on much the same route as ourselves. It was hard enough to do it by vehicle I can't imagine what it was like to cycle. They arrived to a huge welcome with brass bands and hundreds of people which made our arrival feel like a bit of an anti climax!!!

We drove down to Cape Aghuilas the most southerly point in Africa where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean, a very wild and windy spot.