Another early start today as we left our bush camp at Spitzkoppe, we drive back out along the dirt road on our way to Etosha National Park.Most of today was taken up with driving, but we managed to get to Etosha in time for lunch, which was a relief, as we were all under the impression it was going to be a full days drive. We put up our tents and had lunch, which was followed by a swim in the campsite pool, which was circular, which instigated another whirlpoo...

Today was a good day for sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt.We were all very disappointed to be leaving Swakopmund and our nice comfy beds, which we traded in for a bush camp at Spitzkoppe tonight.We all went out for coffee this morning as Dave and Sarah had new tent bags made, but they weren't ready yet. We got back on the truck and headed to Cape Cross to see a massive colony of stinky seals.For some reason there is a baseball bat on the truck and Emmett took it...

Today was an early start at 815am for the cruise and again I was up with 10 minutes to spare.We piled into a van and were taken out to Walvis Bay.We waited around in a café and had breakfast while the guide got the boat ready and then we boarded the boat in the rather rough sea and headed out. The first thing that happened was that a seal actually jumped onto the boat and we were not only allowed to pat the seal, but we were allowed to sit next to him and giv...

We left our bush camp at 7am and headed for the town of Swakopmund, which we reached in about three hours.We were taken straight to an adventure activities shop and some of the group went sky diving that day. I elected to go sand boarding tomorrow and on a dolphin cruise the next day. We went and checked in to the A Frames bungalows, the excitement in the group about sleeping in real beds was rife.Siobhan and I went for a walk around the town for a bit, before...

Full on.Those words just didn't cover it today.The day started at 4:45am, we packed up and dress and then had to push start Helena (the truck) in the dark.During the night a springbok had come and had her baby behind the truck and he was still there in the morning. We jumped on the truck and headed out for Sossusvlei and the highest dunes in the world.I managed to climb almost to the top of dune 45 to watch the sunrise.Climbing up a giant sand dune after campi...