Bosman’s Bush
Telegraph – 7 March 2000
Hi all
Well we finally got it together and packed the Land
Rover and are officially on our way! We are a little ashamed to say that
"on our way" was only from our flat in Seapoint to the Ambassador
hotel a mere two and a half kilometres) where we spent our first night. We decided to treat ourselves, as yesterday
was our wedding anniversary. That is the
official story anyway - my reluctance to hit the campsites may be closer to the
truth!
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Packed
up and ready to go – leaving 9 Firmount Road |
An
absolutely exhausted Penny at the Ambassador Hotel after a week of rushing
around |
Bantry
Bay – the view from our hotel room at the Ambassador |
The whole packing/moving/saying good-bye thing turned
out to be much more difficult than expected and it has taken supreme effort -
and some grumbling by our landlord about having outstayed our welcome - to get
us to stop procrastinating and actually do it.
I certainly hope that the rest of the trip will not be this
difficult. We were so pooped after 5
days of packing and moving that we decided that one last night of luxury was called
for. We had an excellent dinner and
after a good night sleep we are ready to hit the road. I think we can now officially be called
"overlanders". Next stop
Our Land Rover is very heavily laden as we have tried
to cater for every eventuality (and my need for luxuries!). It is quite clear that we have taken far too
much stuff and we will be stopping at our storeroom on our way out of town to
offload some of the unnecessary junk. I
fear that my luxury goods will be the first to go. We will also need to perfect our packing
system somewhat - it is really cumbersome at the moment and will need to be
streamlined if we intend to live out of the Land Rover for 8 months without
killing each other!
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We
packed everything we owned into our Land Rover before leaving |
We have stocked up with all sorts of things that I
have never heard of or thought I would ever buy - bully beef,
"smash", canned meatballs and viennas to name a few. I even bought
Soya mince - something I swore I would never eat. The next few months will be interesting! We
have a whole crate of tabard, mosquito coils, citronella candles, larium,
fansidar (malaria treatment) and malaria testing kits - in case those nasty
little buggers decide to feast on us - and gallons of sunscreen of course, so
that we do not look like tanned leather after 8 months in the bush.
We have decided to keep this email address
(nevbos@mweb.co.za) as people have been complaining about not being able to get
through to Bigfoot and hotmail - at least we know that this address works.
Hope you are all well - we will send an update as soon
as we have actually done something!
With love
Penny