Michiel Friday, May 11, 2007
greetings all,
well I’m in south africa right now.
After a very very exhausting journey and 25 hours later I’m finally back in SA after 9 years. I first had to take the high speed train from brussels to Paris. after 90 mins I arrived at Charle de Gaulle where I had to get the bad news the flight was overbooked and that I won’t be flying that same night.
Michiel Tuesday, May 15, 2007
It’s 18:30 now. We’re in “Van Zylsrus” near a campfire 
waiting for the flames to dim so we can put our steaks on the grill. I’m starving!!!
Van Zylsrus… Can I call it a town? No I guess not. It’s about 200 kilometers from the nearest form of civilization, a few houses along a dirt road that stretches for miles & miles. It’s located near the Botswana border.
Michiel Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The T-bone strak was delicious!
You can’t find meat like this in Belgium. (because of the industrial meat breading I guess… 
)
Our little camp fire did its job. While eating we met the other guest whom was staying at the bed & breakfast: a real Afrikaner. (I think he already had a few drinks but he was very friendly.) He’s a construction engineer rebuilding the only hotel in Van Zylsrus. He immediately invited us to come have a look at the building site.
Michiel Thursday, May 17, 2007
It was cold last night! I was happy to have a good sleeping bag along with an extra blanket. I didn’t sleep much: Pete’s nose was blocked and he snored a lot.
We woke up at 6:45 and prepared for an early morning game drive. The gates open at 7.
Michiel Friday, May 18, 2007
This morning no early morning game drive. Since we didn’t had a lot of sleep the night before we decided to sleep a little longer.
We woke up around 8.
The game drive was Ok although we didn’t see anything special.
Michiel Saturday, May 19, 2007
Up early again. This time to pack everything since we are moving to a new camp called “Nossob”.
That’s all the way up north close to the Botswana border instead of the Namibia border.
Michiel Sunday, May 20, 2007
It’s 13:00 now. We just ate one of the biggest omelets I’ve ever seen: 6 eggs, 500 gram of beacon, tomatoes, cheese, onions…
We are starving after a satisfying morning game drive.
Michiel Monday, May 21, 2007
Yesterday night It was hellish… A sandstorm came by around 6-7 in the evening: just when we started cooking. We got sand everywhere! Even our food was full of sand. We moved the car so it gave us a bit of extra protection against the sand.
We went to bed early.
Michiel Tuesday, May 22, 2007
It was really cold last night!! It was freezing. The car was completely frozen this morning. I couldn’t pack my tent as it was frozen too!
But we had to pack since we have to do 1100 kilometers today. We are trying to do it in one go. We don’t want to sleep somewhere tonight but in some warm beds in Jo’burg.
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