Covid put a big dent in our travel plans but we are back on the road again. Not that we haven’t been out and about around South Africa since lockdown lifted, we have done a number of bush trips, Kruger walks, Cape Town road trips and a few visits to the sea. Most recently, like last week, we celebrated Kirsty and Jono’s amazing wedding on the beautiful Mozambique island of Bazaruto.
Gray wanted to set off for Namibia two days after returning from Bazaruto. That wasn’t going to happen, so a week later, with Gareth looking after home and dogs and the Discovery packed up, we set off three to four weeks in Namibia. Nothing booked and very little planned, we are free agents, waking up each morning not knowing where we will be sleeping that night.
We left home at 6am, heading west into The North West Province. We stopped for breakfast at a cute coffee shop in Sannieshof, the ‘chandelier’ above Grays chair nearly fell on his head, he nearly shat himself.
We decided to spend the night at Upington, arriving at 3pm, we found a B&B on the banks of the Orange River.
The rest of the drive was uneventful. We passed through Delareyville and Kuruman (clearly no name changing of towns in the North West). There were a number of trucks and abnormal loads along the way as the mining town of Kathu is in the area. The scenery was pretty boring and as it is the end of winter, pretty dry.
We had a great dinner at the Red Ox, with awesome views of the Orange River and great G&T on tap. A good restaurant, if you are not a vegetarian, their motto is: ‘No meat, No life’.
A great start to our trip!
Pandas in Africa 