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We set off from King's Cross on a very hot afternoon. The train was packed with 2 hen parties in our carriage. If you are planning to travel to Edinburgh from London on a Friday be prepared for hen and bachelor party groups who will make a lot of noise and do a lot of drinking. Instead of a peaceful journey up, it was a noisy and tiring journey. We headed out to eat and have a few drinks ourselves once we arrived. Having both been to Edinburgh before it wasn't such a novelty, although it was our first time together!... read more

We started our day with a nice breakfast (the choice is great at the lodge). We walked around the lodges, climbed the boulders. The landscape is absolutely incredible. We walked around and I came across a 'living plant', they are very small and difficult to see as they look like little stones. We also followed a small dry river bed and imagined what it would be like after the rains. Although we were visiting in the rainy season we had not seen much rain, just a couple of rain clouds. We spent a few hours at the pool by ourselves. The pool is very cold and salt water, so it was quite relaxing. From the pool you can admire the landscape. We had lunch and then did some more relaxing. We visited the tourist shop and ... read more

We woke up early the next morning as we had booked to go on the Bushmen’s walk at 7am. We met our guide and translator by the lodge who brought us out on the grassy plains surrounding the lodge. He stopped by a shrub and shouted out something. After a few minutes wait he shouted again and again. We were guessing the bushmen were late. After a while we saw 4 small skinny figures walking towards us, wearing animal skin as skirts around their waists, one carrying a bow and set of arrows, another a stick. They were very shy and didn’t want to look us in the eye. They spoke a Khoi-San language with click consonants. Summary from Wikipedia: The san people (or bushmen) are the indigenous people of southern Africa who lived as hunter-gatherers. ... read more

Fairly turbulent flight over night to Cape Town, this could have been because the flight flew along the coast of Africa. Probably managed to sleep on and off for 3 hours. Once we reached Namibia, we could see the Namib Desert outside and the sun rising. The landing into Cape Town was smooth and we saw Table Mountain upon landing. We were tired when we arrived from lack of sleep, but the adrenalin pushed us which helped knowing we’d have to drive 560km that day. It took around 45 minutes to clear customs upon arrival. The luggage was waiting for us as we stepped through customs. Collecting the hire car from Hertz took about 1 hr. We asked for me as an additional driver and we also got documentation to cross the Namibian border. Be prepared ... read more