Yippee! So we’re on the road. Thanks to my dad we have a relatively dry truck ... he spent Monday evening smearing silicon around the tents to try prevent the leaking, and it seems to have worked! On the drive up to the JHB airport I had rain storms, thunder, lightening and hail on the highway.
The nice thing about a truck with a comfortable house on the back is that you can sleep comfortably for free at the truck stops with the rest of the truckers, but can have a comfy bed and a duvet like at home. Only problem is that the truckers wake up at 5h00 every morning to get on with their deliveries!
After 2 days of driving flat out (i.e. 95 km/hour) I woke up on Thursday morning relaxed, and i arrived at the airport 5 minutes before the family did! We drove the next 4 hours to try to get to Nelspruit by bed time, and just outside of Nelspruit we hit a traffic situation – we suspect an accident or something, but after 20 minutes of waiting, we U-turned over the centre island and headed back to Nature’s Gate Caravan Park which I had seen, and had a delicious night’s sleep.
This morning is warm and drizzly, and we’re having a nice relax in this lush foresty campsite. Today’s plan is to go buy the last few things we thought about from Nelspruit and then head into Mozambique (or find a nice campsite in SA again ... ). It’s great not having a plan!
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