Long drives from Cape Town to get North through the ‘arid interior’ as the guidebook so aptly and succinctly puts it. Got the Land Rover power steering leak fixed in Bloemfontein on the way through. Visited Kimberley and saw the ‘big hole’ where they removed 25m tonnes of earth by hand to get 3 tonnes of diamonds. This is what set Cecil Rhodes on his way. Interestingly he owned Dalham Hall in the village where I live but he never lived there but he did name one of the main streets in Kimberley Dalham!
Last day in South Africa. Had a terrible bunch in the Campsite last night. Asked them to switch their music down (must be getting old) and they continually refused (even sending their nephew to say that aunty needed to switch the music up again at Midnight!). They finally packed up at 1.30am (and promptly had a blazing row!). I now know quite a few obscenities in Afrikaans!
Have booked for most of the National Parks in Botswana namely Moremi, Chobe, Nxai Pan and Makgadikgadi Pans. Tried to email our guide from our last Botswana trip but the mail account has lapsed, will give him a call when we get to Maun.