The End (almost)

Well, all good things must come to an end.. and so it (almost) has.

As is always the case with these adventures.. certainly for me anyway.. the last few days pass in a bit of a blur.

After our (very enjoyable) solo adventure in the wonderful Fish River Canyon we join the rest of the group in a red hot campsite where the only thing to do is loaf in a hot spa, swimming pool or bar ... all of which we do. Even the cold shower is hot for goodness sake. SO glad we didn't spend two days here...

...The (very) sad thing about the next day is that we leave Namibia. As Mr Fix-it ( ...No, let's give this wonderful guy his real name) ... As Rian says about us, we have the Namibian dust in our blood now... and we will be back. Will we? I don't know, but it's certainly left its mark on us...

After the border crossing, we head for Springbok in South Africa. The stark scenery is magnificent.. and it's relaxing to travel on tarmac roads again... although it's really, really annoying having to move over everytime someone want's to overtake, as is the code in South Africa... Then we all clean the Namibian dust out of our vans as far as we can... but Charles does spruce up quite well actually...

Then we travel to Citrus Creek, do some wine tasting on route and start packing... Ugh! Starting to get grumpy, I know, I know. It's just that, inevitably, the old brain starts to cycle into 'what we have to do when we get back' mode. It's also going to be really good to see family again. It's Christmas, for goodness sake!

Finally, after a couple of interesting detours with our trusty travelling companions we reach the campsite where all this started for us in October at Melkbossstrand, just outside Cape Town and not far ftom the Bobo depot where we return Charles the day after tomorrow. Feels wierd to be here again. After almost finishing cleaning and packing, we have a final Braai with friends before bed.

We enlist the help of Mr Mongoose to check out the tyres (really important job out here)

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A day in Cape Town tomorrow, a farewell meal, then we return Charles and it's off to the airport the next day.

One more post and that's it folks...