In Island Safari Lodge we get acquainted with Ute and Oli, a German couple that took half a ear holiday to travel through Southern Africa. We had lots of fun with them and spent the evenings together. Another couple arrived,…
End of August we were leaving South Africa with 2 vehicles, the Land Rover and the Camper Van. It was impossible to sell the van, although we tried hard but the laws were against us. Alexandra was driving the Land…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…