Hayestack

To reach Henties Bay we had to cross the Namib Desert. This is reputed to be one of the oldest in the world and I hoped our little Sirion car was tough enough to bounce its way across. This was no place to get marooned. As we approached the Atlantic coast the sky became overcast [...]

Though Sally had stated that she had come to see us and not Namibia, our first expedition took us eastward towards Katima, Zambia and the Victoria Falls. We stopped overnight at the campsite at Nunda, a favourite of ours that overlooked the Kavango River and where we had heard the grunts of carousing hippos at [...]

Dusk descends as we leave Windhoek for Upington, South Africa. An Aussie accent breaks the silence. He is a boiler maker back home and works for only part of the year to make enough money to globe-trot. On this trip he has already been to India and northern Africa and is on his way [...]

On Thanksgiving 2007 the Free World should thank God that the only
super power is a democracy that believes in the rule of law, has regard for human rights and does not oppress it’s people nor lock up or kill those who speak against it. Thank God it’s not a repressive dictatorship. Thank God it’s [...]

Emily took us and Drew brought us back, though Daniel did
much of the work….