5 July

Great excitment!  The main party of 4 leave tomorrow (6 July) by air for Capetown to start our 4 month trip through 6 countries in Africa.  Everyone is now packed and ready to go.  Winter clothes will be important as we hear Windhoek has experienced temperatures of minus 8 degrees Centigrade at night recently and there was even a sprinkling of snow on the sand dunes in the Namib Desert - unbelievable!