Nov 2, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We spent 3 nights at the very quirky but lovely hotel “Grand Café and Rooms”. Nobody can accuse it of being a bland chain hotel! Plettenberg Bay (or “Plett” to the locals) has some very nice beaches and restaurants. We met up with Bodil &...
Nov 2, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
From Franschhoek we headed towards the Garden Route. The next night we stayed on a ranch “De Opstal”. This area is famous for its Ostrich farms. It was obligatory for us to have Ostrich steak for dinner which was meaty and excellent and didn’t taste...
Nov 1, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
Franschhoek (“French Corner”) was founded by the French Huguenots who fled France due to religious persecution. They were smart enough to bring some vines with them. Franschhoek’s in a valley surrounded by mountains and perfect for growing grapes....
Nov 1, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We spent 3 nights in Cape Town. We had an amazing apartment by the V&A Waterfront. V&A Waterfront Table Mountain We took a boat trip to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years in prison. We saw his cell which was in the...
Oct 20, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We drove via Walvis bay to see the migrating flamingos and then hundreds of kilometres on dirt roads. We passed the Tropic of Capricorn. So we’ve been to the equator (Ecuador) and the tropic of the goat within one year. We stopped to see some Quiver trees. They...
Oct 10, 2017 | Namibia & South Africa
We had a long day driving through the desert to Swakopmund. The name comes from a combination of the river “Swakop” in the local language and “mund” from the German occupation. Swakop means “river of excrement” and mund means mouth. So Swakopmund is the “mouth of the...
