We're back! What a wild week that was. We covered about 4000km which was pretty hectic but we saw some amazing things: Firstly leaving Tsume, we visited the largest meteorite ever found. It weighs nearly 60,000kg and was huge. Made of 85% iron, no wonder it ways a ton (well, 60). At Rundu we stayed on the southern banks of the Okavango River, on the northern side lies Angola, FM were really excited to be eating dinner in one country whilst looking at another. The...

See Gaborone

Drove south to Sosussvlei, only accessible with a 4x4, unbelievable scenery, Stef for once was speechless. We drove for approx. 6 hours, covering 300kms over mostly dirt track, the kids took the journey in their stride. We stopped at the only fuelling station en route, at this stop it is said that you must stop for fuel and apple pie, the fuel was good and the apple pie was fantastic, not as good as Momo Chris's, according to Floss and Max. We arrived at Sos...

Sunday 24 August. Drove to Addo Elephant Park , a huge national park covering 164 thousand hectares where we saw wart hogs, bushbuck, red hartebeest and a lone buffalo then a family of at least 20 elephants strolling through the scrub crossed the road in front of us. amazing!! We hadn't planned on going further that PE, but with a week left before our next flight, decided to press on: The drive to East London was incredibly beautiful, winding passes and deep val...

Sat 16 Aug. Up early to get out of town quick! Drove to Knysna and found an apartment at the waterfront for a bargain rate (well it is winter here and 'off-peak'). We stayed here for five nights, chilled out: Max played tennis with a couple of local boys, thanks to coach Debbie. A favourite restaurant was 34 Degrees South, which of course is the latitude of Knysna -therein lies a great geography/maths lesson! We visited Knysna elephant park (for elephants orph...