Today we finally moved closer to the equator again, after being stuck at the same latitude for three nights. We basically just drove from Noordoewer to Hobas. We made a quick stop at Grünau and then had lunch at the Cañon Roadhouse. The Monkeys shared a Roadhouse Burger (R80) and their famous Amarula Cheesecake (R45). [...]
We got up early again as we wanted an early start. We packed up in good time, but just as we're all ready to get in and go we couldn't close the tailgate. After several attempts we realised the only option is to unload everything and take closer inspection. We couldn't really figure out how [...]
We set an alarm for the first time and managed to pack up and leave an hour earlier. We also ate cereal for the first time as the rusks supply was getting low. We decided to first finish the Sun Valley circle route. We came accross another campsite, Bastersfontein, with wooden houses. [...]
This time we really woke with the ocean thundering right next to us. In the misty morning air we made coffee and ate rusks again. We manage to leave by 09:30, but first the Go Pro had to be fixed onto the Snorkel to get a FPV of us potentially getting stuck trying to get [...]
We stayed in bed until the sun baked us out. For breakfast we had coffee and rusks, which the Swiss prefer to eat dry as they don't like the crumbles in their coffee. At 10:00 we are finally packed up and drive through Lambert's Bay again. We stop at the Transnet road control point to [...]
We woke up at 08:00 clock with the sound of waves not too far away. We ate some of the left-over buns of yesterday’s picnic with some peanut butter and syrup. Over coffee we talked for a long time and only left at Yzerfonteint at 10:00.
We initially planned on starting the trip on the 13th of February, but Hugo's parents wanted to have a proper farewell, so we decided to leave on Sunday the 12th. Lying in bed the morning Hugo googled whether we needed a visa for Tanzania or not. The Answer: Yes! Oh well, we'll just have to [...]
The day before the big day finally arrived. Even though we have been planning and shopping for almost a month (yes, not very long), we still had a long list of things to do. We went to Cape Gate Mall with Hugo's brother, Rossouw. After standing in line at Nedbank for more than an hour [...]
