We wanted to be on the road by 07:00 so Caro set an alarm for 06:00. The alarm went off, but it was still dark outside, so we continued to snooze. Jaco, however, heard the alarm and got up, to Caro's dismay - she was sure a lion would get him in the dark. 40 [...]
The morning was cold again. Jaco was the first one to risk going outside. He put the kettle on and served tea and rusks in bed for Hugo and Caro. We opened the back window of the tent and had a glorious view over the pan. We saw some bat-eared fox and the usual Springbok [...]
As we were packing up a Dutch couple drove past the campsite. Hugo ran towards them and striked up a conversation. They were camping at Khiding Pan and had lions in their camp last night, but by the morning they had left. We decided to exit via Mpaya Pan and drove the sandy corrugated road [...]
Apart from a few strange sounds during the night which abruptly stopped when Jaco asked what is making that sound, we had an uneventful rest. The morning however was freezing cold. Ice crystals formed on the inside of our tent from the condensation. We had the usual rusks and porridge mix for breakfast and moved [...]
We filled our three 25 liter water bottles with Kuruman Municipal water which tastes surprisingly good. Apparently Kuruman has the biggest natural fountain in the Southern Hemisphere delivering approximately 20 to 30 million litres of crystal clear water daily. At 09:00 we were packed up and drove to the local Checkers where we bought the [...]
