After the usual morning routine we were soon on our way. We got some supplies at the shop stop and Neil treated himself to a coffee as due to lack of gas this morning we'd had no hot drinks. A short ride in the truck and we arrived at a lovely little town called Outjo. Here we got a few more pairs of pants from Pep and enjoyed mooching around. Breaking up the already short drive we went to a local farm where there are some cheetahs and a leopard. It was awe...

An hour and approximately seventy kilometres down the road, we stopped for 45 minutes near a sleepy settlement with a cultural market (which was yet to open as it was so early on a Sunday) and a coffee shop. It was here I made the horrible discovery of still having the hotel room key in my pocket. A quick confession to Steph, our guide, and the situation was sorted but I still felt extremely bad while sipping my coffee! On the road again we travelled on to o...

We were soon on our way and we got to the Botswana side of the border about 2 hours later. Here we filled in our departure cards and queued for a good hour before we were stamped out of the country. Then we had to enter Namibia so once across no mans land we filled in arrival cards and waited but luckily not for so long this side. We all got stamped in smoothly and got back in the truck. Border crossings are so much less hectic and less daunting in a group - it...