Hi – Paul and I travelled to South Africa and Namibia in December 2006. We flew into Cape Town, caught up wtih Doug and then flew via Jo’Burg to Namibia for 10 days of 4×4 adventure in the desert. amazing. We flew back to Jo’burg to spend xmas with Pauls family and friends. Awesome. A welcome any Irishman would envy.
Paul Watson is from Durban originally. Many will already be familiar with his flickr page. (don’t be afraid of the one-a-day series!
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There were so many sights to see on this trip – we had so much fun! I can’t wait to return. Namibia was amazing – we went to Etosha National Park and saw amongst many many others, lions, elephants, rhino, springbok, Gemsbok (Oryx), zebra, wildebeast and many many eagles, vultures and other types of birds. When you come from Ireland where the most you see might be a fox or badger, then this is big game!!
Of course we had to have a kickass buggy to get around in…

So this wouldn’t be complete without a huge thank you to Pauls’ wonderful family for taking such great care of us. Stella, Doug, Julia and Marc for giving up their bedroom, Mary and her family for feeding us and making us welcome for Christmas Day, Skye, Frederik, Stella and Fanus. Wonderful!
I wish I could put in here all the pics I took but I think you’ll get a good idea from my flickr page and Pauls. Heres’ a taster, this guy nearly walked over us in the truck..I suppose I did park a little close….!! There was so much more.. but I’ll keep adding photo’s to flickr and here and they will tell the whole story…like when a jackal stole our sausages from the wall of our camping area at the Sesriem campsite at Soussesvlei….those eyes in the torchlight…very spooky.
