June 14th After four days of waking up when we liked, getting up at 5am was quite the chore. But we did it and got our things loaded in record time, and the truck left Swakopmund on time at 6am. Right behind us was the African Travel Co. overland truck, another group of passengers but on a sub par version of the trip we are on. (African Trails Rocks!). In all seriousness there are many other overland truck companies, Dragoman, Nomad, GAP Adventures, the list goes on and on. Most of the other trucks are filled with 20 or more people and our small group of eleven aren’t envious of them at all, we’re a pretty tight knit group and being smaller allows us to get to know eachother pretty well. One of the main reasons
... read more