ola sounds like yourhaving a blast. great that catherine has recovered. just returned from safari myself excellent.
imet time up write more soon nairobi next love lucy xxxx
Hellooooooooooooooooo!! Hi guys, all your travels sound amazing and make me relive my trip. I loved Namibia too and went to all the same places except Luderitz. However, I managed to avoid hospitals (at that point- saved that for Kenya and Uganda!!). Glad you're recovering well Kath and sorry that it's time to head home. Take care, love Marisa
reassuring Wow - talk about anxiety -provoking - but it s kind of reassuring really that you can get decnt treatment in any circumstances! Did you keep the appendix? Amazing stories guys - and beautiful photo's entertaining reading aadn creating a travel yearn in my belly - !
Lookforward to seeing you in Lond soon. Matt says hi and hope you're well - Love kelly
Leatherman Well we knew that you would have to mention that at some time. I thought that you may have had to use it on the beast first rather than threatening Katherine with it. Hope you are both well
get well soon ;-) GET WELL SOON K! Unbeliable story - so glad to hear that it all went ok! You must take it easy for the last few weeks and can't wait to catch up with you back in the uk. Andy - well done for holding K's hand - very important job - a beer well earnt there!
Great adventure! Happy birthdays to you both - very belatedly I'm sorry. You are having the most fantastic adventure seeing all these places and animals etc. Great photo of the Falls. It certainly beats hanging around at school all day!! Love Jen
sounds like fun sounds like an eventful start to trip. Glad Drive Africa paid for car repairs. Hopefully no more car surprises. Have been back from trip now for one week. We had an magic time with no major catastropes thank god. Some little hints learnt from our trip-
In Namibia try your best to stay on the lesser roasds - they are usually gravel or hard pack lime stuff but good enough to travel 100 km/hr on. MOre scenic and less busy. From Windhoek to Swakopmund opt for the C28 rather than the more major B2 option. When you are headed down to soussusvlei there are some cool places to camp on the way if you have time as you spend half the journey within the Namib-Nauklauf national park. One site that looked pretty cool was about 30 kms out on the C14 (i think) heading south. On your right you will come across a huge boulder. There look to be a couple of cool camp sites under the overhang of the rock. Also if you do head down to Sossusvlei then you need to book a camp site a sesriem in the National Parks headquarters in Swakopmund to make sure you get inside the gates so you can try and drive the remaining 60 kms to the sand dunes to get their in time for sunrise. Beautiful! Magic photos. Remember to stay at Alternative Space in Swakopmund as fantastic place and lovely people. You will need to book in advance to ensure a place (email nam00352@mweb.com.na)
In Botswana for the trip into the Delta you may already know that Makwena (my original recommendation) is no longer running. We went with Guma Lagoon Camp who were brilliant and they offer the same sort of trips into the Delta. We spent 1 night at the Lagoon camp then 2 nights in the delta at bush camps then spent the next night at the Lagoon camp again. Highly recommend to do it this way. We had 2 guides who were superb called Selective and Alan. If you can request them you should try as they were great.
Bovu Island (book through Jungle junction in Livingstone or email them on jungle@zamnet.zm) on the Zambezi is definately worth a visit even if you have to miss something else out. It is so relaxing and laid back. We spent 3 nights there and loved it. You can get a chalet for 30 usd or camp. You also get a chance to do excursions- I highly recommend the school and clinic visit. It was great. The cooking on the island is great and not very expensive and a nice break away from self catering. Perfect spot!
Ive may have told you half this information before but no harm in repeating. Hope you continue to have a great time.
Safe travels
Leanne and Matt
Great commentary - awaiting more with interest! Sounds a fascinating trip - hope the vehicle situation improves - although, as you say, it can have some bonuses in terms of meeting people - nerve-wracking however. Life here at the moment is cold, wet and largely predictable - at least in terms of vehicles.
hello Glad to hear that you are alive and having some awesome adventures - you've both got some bottle - I'll say that!
We're enjoying our england trip - today we off to Cornwall for some surfing and chilling. Take care
awesome photos heh guys....looks like S Africa is awesome...Kath your photo of lighthouse is magic....guess what it's actually sunny here.... reached 28 degrees the other day and has stayed that way for last week or two...take care and drive beast carefully..J
Beast fixed? Great to hear from you both. We assume mobile phone cover is non exixtant outside the cities. Love the animals. Hope all is well with the beast. Fran in Shanghai and back tomorrow. Shell be pleased to hear from you!
Wow Miss you guys heaps, come home soon with all your limbs intact and consider Auckland as the next new city you live in...Wellington is so early 2000.
Caroline Wins!! Caroline gets it - it was indeed the chocolate sex-aid strategically placed between our heads! I am stoked no-one said my (i) cheap and tacky wig or (ii) hint of a belly.
AnNa Hi!well I am just stopping by to let u know that the gondola's "prows" are (and will be 4ever) 6 as they are representing the 6 sestieri (from sei=6, that means "areas") of Venice : S.Marco, Cannaregio, Dorsoduro, Castello, S.Polo and S.Croce!
Cheers!
That photo caption OK Andrew, we took a straw poll about what was not meant to be in that photo.
Rachel thought it was that the 2 of you were in it and therefore someone else was taking the photo
Keith thought it was the rubbish
I thought it was the phallic object between the two of you
Ben thought you were screwing with our minds
Which is it?
Well, we are in the final days of our UK visas and are about to embark on a three month trip through Southern Africa, returning to UK for a wedding, and then home to NZ via SE Asia for our own wedding.
It'll be fantastic to be back in NZ after almost four years abroad, but first we are both looking forward to loading up our backpacks once more, getting behind the wheel of a 4x4 and dodging any charging elephants in our path!... full info
dakota adams
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its really cool
i like your pic i want to see more pics