Our Land Rover 109 A002
13.05 Handed money for Land Rover over to Warren, we get the papers. The purchase contract in Africa has to be witnessed and with this document we went to the traffic office to get an South African ID for me,…
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Our Friends arrive in Cape Town A001
When started our journey we were in a group of other travellers with the same goal to cross Africa. One of these couples were Guido and Heidi from Germany. They were travelling in a VW T4 camper van and shipped…
Cape Town – What is next 117
From signal hill we can look at the Cape Town city center. The city is a large city, but completely atypical, because only the center has high-buildings. The center is surrounded by little towns like Milnerton, Table View, Bloubergstrand, Bellevile,…
Namibia to Cape Town, South Africa Finally 116
We are on our way from Namibia to Cape Town, South Africa again. This time with better infos from our friends in Oppi Koppi. At the local Vet there we got a so called “movement paper” for Tara, where you…
South Africa and back to Namibia – why? 115
But it comes different. We were denied entry to South Africa because our dog is supposed not to have the correct papers, The Import permit has expired and we have traveled through countries that would be extremely dangerous. We must…
Fish River Canyon 114
We leave Kolmanskop, because we go into the Fish River Canyon. The wind whips the desert sand on the tarmac. Soon we reach fertile areas and the landscape becomes greener and greener. On good tgravel, it’s the last 70 kilometers…
Tiras Mountains to Luderitz 113
We are back on the road. Our next stop will be the Tiras Mountains. They are on the edge of the Namib Desert and are characterized by bright red mountains and red dunes. On the plains the grass is silver…
Sossusvlei 112
We are on our way to Sossusvlei. Alexandra is waiting with Tara in front of the gate because the dog is not allowed inside. So I have to go alone, but do not stay long because it’s all become very…
Namib Naukluft National Park 111
We leave Swakop, as it is called short, and soon find ourselves back in the desert, the Namib Naukluft National Park. The scenery is magnificent and we take our time. It is getting late and we check in at Rostock…
Swakopmund 110
We leave Spitzkoppe and go on nice tar road through desert-like landscape to Swakopmund. We do not stay long and only do a little sightseeing. The pier was built in 1911 in the German tradition. On the jetty, as it…