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Lost in the North
Whether we were reluctant to leave the south or whether our plans really were getting more difficult it is hard to say. The sites we had chosen to see around Cape Cross were the Messum Crater, Brandberg Mountain and Rock Paintings and then up north on the Skeleton Coast. If you look at all these…
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Mountains in the Sun
We were heading for one of Namibia´s most picturesque mountains, Bloedkoppe (pronounced Blood-Cop-y) in the Namib Naukluft Park. We had secured a two-day permit into the park in Swakopmund along with a night camping at the foot of the mountain. On the way we stopped off to see the Martin Luther Steam Train. Famous for…
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Sand Dunes and Whales
We left Sossussvlei behind heading for the Naukluft Mountain Park. It was a short drive of just over an hour but when we arrived we found the 4×4 trail had been closed for many years since the rains had brought down boulders blocking the way. The campsite was expensive and even though the staff tried…
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The Beauty of Nothingness
In the UK there are 281 people for every square kilometer of land, a total of around 67 million. Namibia is nearly four times the size of the UK in terms of land mass and there are 2.67 million inhabitants – that´s about 3 people per square kilometer. A good year of rainfall is around…
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Namibia, Namibia, Namibia…..
Let me tell you about Namibia. I first visited this amazing country in 1999 when I hired a car and drove around for a month with my then partner. It was my first time in Africa and I fell hopelessly in love with the country and the continent there and then – a love affair…
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The End of a Nightmare – But it Feels Like a Dream!
It´s been a whole three weeks since our last post – partly due to lack of internet coverage but also because I feel there is only so much that can be said about rebuilding a Landrover before it starts to get a bit samey! Not that the last few weeks have been boring for us,…
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The Phoenix Rises from the Ashes
Just before I sat down to write this update I worked out how long it has been since the accident. It happened on 28th June so 11 weeks ago – I can hardly believe it. It feels like yesterday, but when I think back such a lot has happened in between and we are in…
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Back from the Abyss
This blog post is dedicated to : Thank you all for everything you have done for us. At the end of the first day we were simply relieved to be alive but there was nothing else good in our world. Henry was a wreck at the bottom of a cliff and everything we owned was…
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The Recovery
It felt as though our lives would never be the same again, we were devastated but we were still alive – barely harmed apart from a few bruises – and we were counting our blessings. As we stood on the trail looking down at Henry, we knew we had to get him back up no…
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Death of a Hero
We had been back at Mlilwane for a couple of days, feeling very much at home. I woke at my usual time of around 6am with no idea that today would bring events seared into my mind forever. Instead, I gazed out of my window at the rain pounding down simply enjoying being curled up…
The Sidetracked Sagas 