Etosha…It’s Definitely Kosher!!

Etosha…It’s Definitely Kosher!!

After returning from the lush green countryside of Angola, where one can buy huge avocados and other delicious fruit and vegetables from the roadside vendors, we are now back in the arid north of Namibia.  We plan to spend a few weeks here before crossing over to Zambia in December. Etosha, Namibia’s premier national park, is in the north and […]

Initial Impressions of Angola

Initial Impressions of Angola

It wasn’t so long ago that civil war was tearing Angola apart.  The Portuguese withdrew in 1975 after 500 years of rule leaving a vacuum and power struggle between the rival Angolan political factions. A brutal civil war ensued for the next 27 years which ended in 2002. The country has been difficult to visit and it is only recently […]

And THIS is why we came to Angola!

And THIS is why we came to Angola!

When we first considered Africa, we toyed with the idea of driving from Morocco down the West Coast.  I looked at the map and the highlights of each country, searching for something that really stood out.  I hesitated at Gabon (possibility of seeing gorillas), but there was no way I could bypass Angola.  My research showed a country with BIG […]

Wild?  He was livid!

Wild? He was livid!

We couldn’t blog about Namibia without mentioning the wildlife! As we drove out of the airport at Windhoek, we saw giraffe (albeit behind a fence) and we knew we were in for some special animal encounters in the country. Whereas the centre and south of Namibia has many large fenced private farms, the north has more “conservancies”.  In these conservancies, […]

A Night at the De Klerk Boerdery

A Night at the De Klerk Boerdery

Travelling down a gravel back-road towards Fish River Canyon, we were starting to wonder where we might camp as the clock hit four pm.  It was then we came across a brightly painted plough with a sign for the De Klerk Boerdery (farm).  We took a chance, opened the gate and trundled over a rise to be greeted by a […]

Francine Goes Skydiving!

Francine Goes Skydiving!

(A shorter recreation of our post from 2019 which was mysteriously deleted…) Francine has always wanted to skydive and the clear skies of Swakopmund in Namibia provided an excellent opportunity to fulfil her ambition (although David was very happy to watch proceedings from terraferma). Ruud, Francine’s South African ‘co-pilot’ took very good care of her, and she returned to planet […]

Initial Impressions of Namibia

Initial Impressions of Namibia

Its dry, very dry! Our visa allows us to stay up to 90 days in Namibia and we fully intend to use this time to tour the length and breadth of the country. Distances between ‘things’ are greater than in Europe and we easily drive a couple of hundred kilometres in a day. Fortunately, diesel is reasonably priced at about […]

In To Africa

In To Africa

Francine found a novel way to get from the UK to Namibia, but it had good and bad features. The good – a business class flight that cost less than an economy ticket (on the same flight!). The bad – it involved a slight detour via Istanbul and catching the Frankfurt/Windhoek flight the following day. So far so good – […]