Yearly Archives: till 14 November 2012
November 14 – day 146
Wednesday 14 october We wake up early, at 7.30 we leave. First we go to Graskop 140km from here, Dirk and Trudy slept there last night. We drive trough the mountains with a lot of beautiful viewpoints. We stop for … Continue reading
November 13th – day 145
Tuesday 13 november After being very busy at the campsite, we leave at 9.40 to the Kruger Park They tell us at the gate that the model T is not aloud in the park…Shit. We decide to split up. Dirk-jan … Continue reading
November 12th – day 144
Monday 12 november Dirk wakes at 5.15, he’s going to look for the rhino’s again. This tine there are 5! He gets in contact with Collin Ferreira, he’s going to search his contacts for tyres in South Africa. At 10.15 … Continue reading
November 11th – day 143
Sunday 11 november It’s Sunday morning, we have a slow start. Dirk is checking the tyres. He mentions one front tyre has reached the canvas layer. We decided to use our last spare tyre and change the front to the … Continue reading
November 10th – day 142
Saturday 10 november During the night we had serious rain, now that’s something new. They have beautiful toilets at this campsite. Today we go to the South African border. But first we going to visit the Brick factory of the … Continue reading
November 9th – day 141
Friday 09 November During the night a group of wild dogs hunted a Kudu. They chased it trough the reception, you can still see the scratches on the floor. They are still busy eating the corpse. It’s a very nice … Continue reading
November 8th – day 140
Thursday 8 November Dirk mounts the spare alternator definitive. We disconnect the startbattery, we are going to drive with the lighting on, so we can check if the voltage is really too high, then the bulbs will burn.. It is … Continue reading
November 7th – day 139
Wednesday 07 November Today we make our first day in the direction of Campsite Elephant Sands. We want to do it in 2 days. Today we want to drive about 200km. We leave Maun at 8. That’s a good time, … Continue reading
November 6th – Day 138
Tuesday 06 November At 5.30 we start for a 3hours walk through the bush, today Inge has 2 guides. We say good morning to the zebra’s. We see more animals than yesterday. Elephants are eating the leaves with their curved … Continue reading
November 5th – Day 137
Monday 5 November Today we leave the campsite at 7:30. With a big car they bring us to the Mokoro’s in the Okovango Delta. It’s about 2 hours driving, last 1,5 is off road, including very loose sand and bridges … Continue reading