Got to town and immediately took a wrong turn bringing us to the completely wrong end of town during rush hour with no decent map. Sweet. …on the plus side, feeling a million times more confident about Johannesburg compared to…
Drakensberg, South Africa – Day 316
An EXTENSIVE day’s drive from Port Saint John to the northern part of the Drakensberg Mountains (probably 9 hours with a number of wrong turns in there), pulled into our guesthouse near the foot of Cathkin Peak near sunset. The…
Port Saint John, South Africa – Day 310
An hour from Jeffreys Bay back to Pt. Elizabeth, then a good 3 hours east to East London (plus another half hour to Chintsa). Not far after PE is the start of the “Wild Coast” which is legendary for its…
Mossel Bay, South Africa – Day 305
After a night up in Franschoek (more winery, lovely dinner at one of SA’s finest), headed up and over the mountain pass that dominates the town (starting to feel a little “wined out” by morning), around an hours drive to…
Capetown, South Africa – Day 298
It truly can’t be overstated how beautiful Capetown is. Easily the most liveable city we’ve been to on the trip, in my opinion the 2nd nicest city in the world (after Vancouver of course…or maybe it’s the first…). Right on…
Sossusvlei, Namibia – Day 291
After a night in Walvis Bay (which included a second walk up Dune 7, and the demise of my second camera of the trip) back to Solitaire, this time indulging in a piece of Africa’s best apple strudle (it could…
Swakopmund, Namibia – Day 288
Swakopmund is a very tourist-friendly town with an array of possible activities from sandboarding to skydiving, as well as plenty of shopping (assuming you don’t show up on a Saturday afternoon like we knowingly did… like many other spots in…
Uis, Namibia – Day 285
Anyway, Did the 100kms south from Naua Naua Guesthouse (near Etosha) to Outjo and stopped for breakfast, another 100 paved kms west to Khorixas. Thought maybe we’d spend some time touring around the attractions in the area that afternoon, but…
Etosha Park, Namibia – Day 281
Etosha has been around amazingly since 1907 (ie. 100 years old this year); it’s around 200kms wide by something less tall (maybe 70-80kms??) and a good portion of it (maybe 25%) is nothing but a massive, flat (called the “pan”)…
Windhoek, Namibia – Day 276
Left Walvis Bay shortly after lunch, stopped in Swakopmund briefly knowing we’d be back to the coastal area after our tour through the north, did the 400kms to Windhoek (pronounced “Vindhook”), Namibia’s capital city, arriving shortly after dark. Windhoek is…