Theoretically, we’re leaving in the morning. Or maybe in the afternoon. Or maybe on Thursday morning. Soon anyway.
The plan (yes, we had one) was to be on our way to the bustling metropolis of Springbok, Northern Cape at around 10am on Wednesday. In the past few weeks we’ve had to stick-handle taxes, car sales, banks, US dollars, fingerprintings, immigration applications, yellow fever and hep A jabs, police clearances, malaria meds, medicals, wills, appliance sales, dog-sitters, movers, packing, equipment purchases, playdates, video camera purchases, insurances, pool services, gardeners, lawyers, house plan approvals, electricians, trip bookings, 4×4 repairs and about a year’s more worth of organization compressed into an unnaturally small timespan. That we’re only a day or two off target is sort of astounding. And given that we’ve had some bumps in the road like “Mr. Tudor Price, our records indicate that you sold your car 2 years ago. You can’t sell it again – it’s not yours.” it’s totally miraculous.
We are utterly knackered and a bit short-tempered. We’re all really sad about leaving our house of 9 years – and friends and Cape Town – but really looking forward to eventually hitting the road once we kill off the last few things on our lists…
Soon. Now, now.
Bring it on.
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7 responses to “Twas the Night Before…”
maybe a really well labelled old Gatorade bottle?
Wow, and I thought planning for a weekend camping trip was exhausting. I guess “knackered” and “short-tempered” must be big understatements.
We love you guys loads! Happy travels Tp gang! Xxxxxxxxxx
Come on, you guys ! You can do it…..and don’t forget……’The Campbells are coming, di da,di da!!
Bon voyage and good luck.
We love you
And who and what are ‘the last few things?
Just malaria medications & emergency meds, more fingerprints and police clearances, some insurance tinkering, car packing, toy box negotiations and money/banking left to do. The house is a complete tip but Phosi will be staying until Gordon and Lisa arrive so it’ll get sorted… The end is in sight! If we’re lucky, we might get out of here by the afternoon – and then we’ll immediately break the “no night driving” rule to get to Namibia in time and get back on track. We still have to negotiate Oliver’s exit from South Africa as his visa is only quasi-legal… Fun, fun!
Good luck guys it sounds like a fab trip, I’m sure you’ll get those final bits sorted just fine. Well done getting all of that done, it sounds exhausting!
I hope you have a great time.
Bon voyage
J xx
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