Spent some time in Upington stocking up on food, getting SIM card for RSA mobile etc. The bad connection on the second battery circuit proved to be in the relay so we found a company called Mototlek who specialise in vehicle electrical sytems to fit a different one. Not as good as the fancy French one originally fitted (but it works!). Labour rates in RSA are low so not too painfully expensive either.
Have GPRS access here (what a luxury that seems, connection speed of 115kbps!). And only R2 per Megabyte.
We then spent three nights in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park which is reached by an absolutely dreadful road. Game viewing is a bit disappointing after the richness of Ethosha but we did see a pair of Cheetah (we saw none in Namibia even though 25% of the world population is there). Lots of birds of prey here though (Goshawks, Eagles Kestrals etc). Then stayed on the Orange River in a campsite all to ourselves.
First maintenance service on the Land Rover this morning after 6000 miles since full service in UK. Then visited Augrabies falls which plunges 56m and flows at 61,000 litres per second apparently (Rachel has yet to audit this!).
On to Namaqualand to see annual wild flowering which lasts only three weeks and we seem to be here at the right time. Then South to Cederberg and onto Cape Town. Dust is playing havoc with my camera so I will probably have to get it fixed in Cape Town as there is rubbish all over the pass through filter on the CCD (needs to be done by a specialist).