The beginning: Day 1 - 3



Cape Town Waterfront



The morning dragged into an afternoon of chaotic packing. Eventually, Tom and I waved good-bye to Cape Town and began making our way through the Little Karoo. We landed up in the small town of Montague just after dark, where we roamed the empty streets, ate at a quiet restaurant and stayed over at a rather quirky B&B called Montague Rose, covered with paintings, wall-hangings and ornaments.



Tom at Ronnies Sex Shop Bar on Route 62 in the Klein Karoo.



We woke up early and continued the drive alongside the spectacular Swartberg Mountains. We visited the world-renowned Cango Caves, where sparkling calcite stands frozen in its slow movement in dark, ancient chambers of jewels. Of course, we had ostrich steak for lunch. Then we hopped over the ever-green Outeniqua Pass, spent the night on a cliff over-looking the sea at Wilderness Bushcamp, then hugged the coastline along the Garden Route to fetch the others in Jeffrey’s Bay the next day.















Before the beginning...

After 18 months of planning, dreaming, list-making and more planning, finally we put rubber to tar and hit the road, but not before a few mishaps had to be smoothed over....

In the past 6 months, while I sat in Cape Town holding my first job together and at the same time trying to weave time in my day to look for sponsorship, contact media partners, build the concept of “The Journey” into a reality and tick off each item on my endless list of ‘things to do’ (which I will post up later for you to see), Tom resigned from his job managing a lodge in Kenya and bought a ticket to Cape Town, and Jazelle and Robbie, the young newly weds, quit their jobs too, sold their cars and bought one-way tickets back to the Mother Continent from the land down under the land down under – New Zealand.

We all came together from different parts of the world with one same dream and vision…to travel and discover Africa, the heart of the world and our home.

The original plan became Plan B (and then Plan C and D) after The Journey came to life in a rather more colourful way than we expected. Originally intended to be a sponsored drive, where a partner would cover the costs and provide a vehicle, and where we would give them significant marketing mileage, The Journey then became our baby completely. Sponsorship proved extremely difficult to find in this economic climate, and with the time constraints we were working against.

So, we decided a silly issue like money is not going to stop us, and each scrambled together R20 000 to live this adventure. The Journey went from being a rather serious business deal and commitment, to being a once-in-a-lifetime experience, BUT on a tight budget…which we think is far more real and exciting.

With this trip we hope to inspire you to abandon all inhibitions, get in your car and go…wherever the road takes you.