you know what? Sometimes I really hate the truth...and sometimes, I love it. But most often times, its a bit of both....
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Sunrise. Alone. Blissfully and utterly alone.
I’m in one of the most famous landmarks in Namibia: Spitkoppe
In the Christmas holidays.
And yet, for this incredibly magical moment, I am alone.
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She is not easy to love.
The desert.
If you swoop in, briefly, catch her at her ‘best’ season
and pick off her wonders with ease and head home…
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What is it that helps make us who we are and follow the paths that we do?
I was reflecting on this as I was preparing to head off on my current adventure.
I might never have been this person who enjoys doing these things that make some people say “nope, you’re mad!”, and others say “can I come, too?!”
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The question is, why? Why now, and what had changed?
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“Lion! Lion!” I heard John shout, and the next thing I knew, I heard footsteps running and the car door beneath me slam shut…
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It was 5:30am and the little face looked up at me, imploringly, as I stood over it with the spade…
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“I think we might have a problem” John said, as I came back from the ablutions block.
I hoped he was joking and was going to say “…because we’re out of biscuits!” or something similar, because he’d just completed the essential vehicle check that morning.
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We both sat there – frozen to the spot – staring at it, willing it not to move as it stared back at us. Only 25 metres away and we were most definitely in the danger zone.
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Where do you start to plan a 4x4 trip like this? If you’re a total novice and want to know more, here are the very first starting points for anyone considering anything similar. First in the series of ‘how to’ for 4x4/4WD adventure for beginners.
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Our first blog since arriving in South Africa, highlights of Cape Town and Hermanus.
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What have we learnt so far from our mistakes? I’m sure anyone who has done anything similar can relate – and if you haven’t, enjoy this free lesson!
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Many people have asked us various questions about the trip from why we’re doing it, to what we’re looking forward to most, to nitty-gritty logistics. So, we answered them...
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Spoiler alert – no! (well, I’m not, but apparently John sort-of is!) But there are some things we’re have on our concern list that we’ve been thinking about. It’s interesting to see that we don’t have many shared concerns, perhaps between us we seem to cover them all?!
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