Back in the US.....

Back in the US…… After driving 29,335 KM
Our plans changed a little bit. When we were driving through the Caprivi we decided to take a break from our trip and return to the US to enjoy Boulder and maybe go back to work. When we came out of the Khaudom national park we discovered that we may have a problem with one of the axles. We need to get this taken care of before continuing our trip. Initially we had planned to spend a month in western Zambia but with a possible problem with the axle we did not think this was a good idea. We still wanted to see a bit of the Caprivi and drove to Mahongo national park. It is a small and nice park but it was too busy for us. It felt like Disneyland - To get a permit we had to stay in line behind several safari vehicles with guides and lots of tourists.
We were too spoiled after spending two weeks in Khaudom and often having the entire park to ourselves.

Rare Sable Antelope

The plan was to spend several days in the park but we ended up staying only one day and decided to start heading Windhoek to find a place where we could store Duma and get the necessary repairs done. For those of you that are also looking for a place to store your vehicle, here is the link to the place www.transkalahari-inn.com

In the Caprivi we met up with Rika, a Japanese woman travelling by herself through Africa (all the way from Japan). We had met her in Abuja-Nigeria where she was also trying to get the visa for Angola.

Here is Rika

It took us about three days to drive to Windhoek (we stopped at nice campgrounds to enjoy a few more campfires and fresh baked bread). Thanks to Rika we found a good place to store the Unimog and someone who would be able to help us with the repairs.

Who needs a bakery?

We are back in the US after spending almost 3 moths in the Northern part of Namibia and don’t know when we are going to continue our trip. As soon as we do we will update the blog.

Good-bye Duma

On the way home

Here some of the friends we almost took back with us....