Drove around the reserve, some roads ok but most , challenging off road. Visited a couple of dams and view points. Some imported game around. Lots of bird noise. Couldn’t get hot water. Ribs and salad for dinner. No network signals or WiFi hence no blog. Had an hour of rain. Hot by day but pleasantly cool at night.
Up at 6.30 and left for Midrand to pick up camper. Usual speel on the use , lots to take in as we haven’t hired this lone before. We always forget something important. On the road at 10.30 heading for 1st night stop at Waterberg Wilderness reserve. Awful off road to campsite. Wilderness sums it up , very peaceful,we the only ones there . Chicken and salad. 1485 m elevation. Warm but coolish at night
Shopping for the trip at Woolworths after breakfast. Light lunch and met Cheryl’s mother. Chilling then off to Gregory’s for BBQ. Trip around his gated housing estate including golf course
Second day with C&J in Boksburg. Went for a walk first thing around the estates. Jeff needed to collect his computer and a chair so went on tour with him. Chilled in afternoon. Went to Richard’s in evening for a BBQ and visited his new CBD oil manufacturing facility.
Flight arrived 20 minutes early at Joburg. Very pleasant smooth flight. Dozed a bit.
Jeff and Cheryl met us at airport and took us back to their lovely new home in Boksburg.
Spent the day catching up. Dozed a bit pm. Sunny and 30 degs. Great.
Curry tonight
Left Exeter on the 9.10 National Express coach for Heathrow Airport and arrived at 1pm with five and a half hours to kill before our 18.30 flight to Joburg.
Flight left a little late. Seats 65 A & B on Airbus A380. Chicken breast and Chile red wine for dinner.
Leaving UK on the 14th February
A day by day blog of our road trip from Johannesburg to Vic Falls and back travelling through South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe.