I woke up to a cool breeze wafting through my tent. Brr. I clasped my sleeping bag harder, wondering if I’d woken up in Antarctica or something. It was certainly different from any other … Read more

The Namib Naukluft Mountain Zebra Park – The Perfect Stop-Over Between Sossusvlei & Windhoek I knew this day had been coming for some time. But knowing what’s going to happen doesn’t make it … Read more

Morning in the Namib desert. We made a speedy exit from the Gondwana Desert Camp in order to be at our next destination early. Today was a very exciting day. We were heading … Read more

And so the saga with the bees continued. I opened my sleepy eyes, safe within my roof-top tent. Outside I could hear insistent buzzing as bee after bee flew past our tent, some bashing … Read more

I opened the door to the car, the midday sun scorching down on my back. I wiped the sweat from my brow as I clambered into the car, burning my legs on the … Read more

After not seeing any shipwrecks at the Skeleton coast, I was determined to hit the rest of our road-trip at full speed and really embrace every moment of it. I knew the next part … Read more

I was in the Skeleton Coast, my excitement almost bubbling over. For so long I had wanted to visit this treacherous stretch of coastline where numerous ships had fallen to their sandy graves, … Read more

Dawn light filtered through our tent. I emerged from my sleeping bag, a crumpled heap squashed up to one side of the tent. What a night. I’m not sure what was more scary: the … Read more

I was still buzzing after coming face to face with a wild lioness in Etosha National Park. I honestly didn’t know how my road-trip would get any better. Seeing a wild lion has been on … Read more