Next stop Botswana.....bush camping in Chobe, Mokoros on the Okavango, staying in a houseboat, visit to Seronga Village......... Enjoy!... read more

So now we're in Capetown staying in a backpackers hanging out until Friday when Jac, Kath and Kate fly off to South America and I head to Qatar to see the Storms. It was quite a strange feeling to leave the tour yesterday and as I've already mention we are choosing to still spend time together as a group. We went on a trip out to Robben Island yesterday afternoon, the island holds the prison where a large amount of political prisoners were held during the apartheid years including Nelson Mandela. It was also a leper colony for many years, a base during WW2 and a mental asyslum so it's had a rather interesting history. Last night we headed out for dinner with a few people from the tour and brought them back to the backpackers ... read more

Hi everyone So I think last time I left you I was in Rundu, Namibia. Well the amazing times have been getting better and better since then! We left Rundu....early in the morning once again and drove to Etosha national park. The park has 3 campsites in it, one on each side and one in the middle so the plan was to stay at all three and drive through the park in BOB (Bright Orange Bus) our very old and sad bus/truck that is no built for comfort. The campsites in the park are really good....hot showers, flushing toilets, pools and bars on site which were all well needed after a day of sitting in BOB in the hot sun. We had some fantastic viewings of animals and even found a male and female lion in ... read more

Hello again I'm currently sitting in an internet cafe in Kasane in Botswana which is very close to the Chobe National Park. Kasane is a small town....very dusty and hot! We're staying in a camp tonight just out of town, there are 3 other trucks in the camp so I'm thinking it may be a big night. So since I last wrote a lot has happened......we went out on our sunset wine canoe cruise and had a fantastic time, the first hippo sighting was a little scary! In the morning of that day we went out on a walking tour with some of the local guys and saw a couple elephants wandering around we then went to the Victoria Falls.....wow that was amazing, I've never seen anything like it. After a long walk back to the ... read more