Geo: -26.8982, 32.8821South African caravan parks are wonderful, providing you can traverse the track in. Note the warning sign on the way in. This was the last sign for some time and unbeknown to us we veered left when we should have veered right at the crest of a sand hill. Well bugger me if the track didn't degrade into something bad, the funny thing was the Hubs were not locked thus I could not grab 4WD, if we stopped we definitely were not going to go forward even with the hubs locked … the Shorty came through with the goods, foot down and get the Mickey Thompsons digging until flat firm ground was found. How they tow boats down here I will never know.The biggest surprise was to find a caravan park down the end, ... read more

Geo: -29.7167, 31.0667Mission successfully accomplished. We have the Shorty!!!! Yeh Yeh, yes we are excited. It would appear that along the way the battery died and someone has attempted to jump it across both batteries using a 24 Volt supply which would have been quite exciting. One of the terminals has suffered a bit of boot damage but otherwise the car is in one piece. Darren's makeshift security barrier worked like a treat, there was evidence that someone had been trying to get into the back but failed so everything was intact.South Africa has so far completely blown us away with its friendliness. Nothing is too much trouble for anyone, our guest house has been an absolute pleasure, customs clearance started out a little tricky until one guy took charge and basically pushed us up the ... read more