Cornerstone Guesthouse Swakopmund

... the coast of the city and put our reels out. We had good sized fishing poles and were using live bait to catch fish. We were fishing for something that I didn’t really know but we only caught catfish because that was the only thing that was biting. We basically spent the next four hours hopping around and pulling up 25 or so catfish and only two of the fish we were actually trying to get. But they were too small so we threw them back. We got back after ...

... they got half of it right – there are no sheets on either of the twin beds and no place to hang bath towels in the bathroom. Sadly, this hotel is a 2 star rating at best.

The crew has been jamming our suitcases into the storage compartment under the truck and, as a result, has damaged the main zipper on one our bags. Whoops. We need to find a suitable new bag and in a hurry. The stores close between 5 and 5:30 PM, as they do in most ...

... days early. It was a 24 hour bus ride from Swokopmund to Cape Town, with a switch in Windhoek. A very nervous German girl was also travelling and immediately attaced her self to Sarah, and she was happy to have a travel buddy. When she switched buses at Windhoek, to her suprise, she knew the guy who had been assigned the seat next to her. It was Craig, one of the Dragoman drivers from Ngepi in Botswana. With Craig and the German girl, the ride was much nicer than expected.

... even came with your own bear costume, goldylock dress and blond wig....yup my kinda place lol. We then headed to the hostel Dan was staying as they had an all you could eat "brine" which is what they call BBQ. I was really happy with the all you can eat portion of the deal but the food turned out to be awesome and in fact the hostel was really cool and even better was half the price of the hostel I was at. So even though I felt like a prick after the nice treatment I got ...

... us with.

Next came a group of girls dressed in bright pink skirts. One had a tall drum and began a steady rythem and suddenly they began singing and two little girls jumped to the forefront and began a spirited dance. They weren’t exactly moving together, but they were using the same steps and when the drum and voices stopped of a sudden so did their bodies. It began again at the same moment that they began moving and then with one big ...

... Dune 45 together to watch yet another sunset. Climbing sand dunes is not easy but we eventually got up and staked out a nice spot. The views and sunset were spectacular as usual. After this we raced back to Sesriem campsite in time for dinner which was Spaghetti Bolognaise, can't go wrong there. That night we were blessed with warmer temperatures which resulted in everyone having a much better nights sleep. Although Rachel tells me I was snoring ridiculously loudly. I don't ...

... but if you scratched they would welt up. I got bitten on my face, neck and hands- the only part of me that stayed uncovered after dusk in mozzie area's. Most people on the truck got bitten quite badly - scorpo got about 100 on each leg !!

Congo was interesting as we were in Brazzaville during the presidential election. It was amazing how much money Denis (the past and now current president) spend on advertising. Imagine two out of every three ad's you see in the city ...

... we have been staying at a lot of really remote campsites so I'm not sure if we will be able to update until we get to Cape Town but we have been writing every night so that we make sure not to forget anything. Hard to believe that we have less than a week left!

Love and miss everyone...wanted to make sure that you guys knew that we were still alive :)
Brett and Robin

... the loose sand and then push (read - girls take photos and boys do all the work!). With the help of the sand ladders we have on the truck and a few friendly locals, we manage to get over the river in about 20 minutes. The landscape here is amazing: flat plains covered in grasses with the odd green bush but otherwise nothing, except some large rock formations seeminly in the middle of nowhere. With the amount of driving we have done, it's hard to appreciate ...

... around Pelican Point in search of dolphins. Ironically, there were no pelican's (lots of flamingos though) at the point becasue they had all moved into town to be closer to the tourists. We saw many dolphins in the distance and only had a few close up views. Apparently the dolphins were not very playful on this day, we thought all the tour boats were frightening them away. On the way back from Pelican Point our guides truck got a ...