Two Oaks Bed and Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Somerset West
'Table without the cloth'
... up using it, and took to using the minibuses instead- cheap, and we weren't too squashed in!
We made it to Robben Island on the first day, on a fluke as we were initially told there were no spaces for a week and a half. The island was interesting, as was being shown around the prison by a former inmate and hearing his story. However, the whole experience felt very rushed. It seemed much more like they were keen to get people around as ...
Cape Town, South Africa!
... poor who are dying in absurd numbers and it is the desperately poor who are then suffering. The next generation is not being armed to fight back against this epidemic, they are being set up to fail. Despite these realities, South Africa is still looking elsewhere, looking outward. But let's be honest, what their growth rate doesn't show are the faces of thousands of orphans. The World Cup may have shown the splendor of the city and natural ...
Final preparations for the big trip
... of them in case of failure or worse. After much surfing the web just about our entire proposed route is now on GPS maps that we have found at various sites on the web. Some free, some paid for, some very detailed, some less so. All the mapping, along with a fair bit of other info such as useful contacts is on our laptop which survived the Cape-Cape's dust, vibration and big temperature extremes. We trust it will serve us so well on this even longer jaunt.
On ...
Zand, zand en zand..
... een presentatie kregen over de activiteiten en deze konden boeken voor de volgende dag... Ik heb Sandboarding en Quadbiken geboekt, dat deden de meesten trouwens.
Onze 7e stop was final destination, Swakopmund Amanpuri. Een hostel met slaapzalen, die van ons had 12 bedden en de leukste mensen.. De koelbox met drinken uit de truck, 2 badkamers en een zelfgemaakte sofa van 2 matrassen op elkaar.
De meeste mensen gingen snel even shoppen (wat doen vrouwen als ze 4 weken ...
Sorting, sorting, sorting.
The weather has been ordinary. Since we arrived, it has rained on and off which has made checking our equipment difficult, but we did find a day where the sun came out and we had a chance to empty the car, put up the tents, and start making a list of all neccessary purchases.
I found the rear shock absorbers needed replacing and the main battery didnt hold a charge, so after a quick trip into ...