Southern Africa 2008

The Burnett family, Duncan (42), Ruth (37), Erin (9) and Ailsa (7), are about to embark upon a six week journey across Southern Africa. We were supposed to take the Royal Mail Ship to St Helena but this is no longer possible due to unforeseen schedule changes. My normal carefully planned itinerary is rather up in the air! But we have been here before and will stoically face uncertainty with fortitude. After all in 1999 we set out for China and ended up in Zimbabwe! This year we shall do our best to explore South Africa, before travelling across Namibia and Botswana to the Zambian border. We shall once more gaze upon Victoria Falls. With a bit of luck we might even catch a train or two on our travels.

  • 47 days (04 Jul 2008 - 20 Aug 2008)
  • 30573 km (18997 miles)
  • 6 countries
  • 49 entries (74647 words)
  • 726 photos
  • 4.2 ratings (27 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Jul 04, 2008 18:37 United Kingdom Belfast » Independence Day 0 km
5 Jul 09, 2008 10:31 United Kingdom Belfast » Departure from Belfast 0 km
5 Jul 09, 2008 14:40 Ireland, Republic of Castlebellingham » A lunch stop at Castlebellingham 82 km [*] (5) 4.9 (2 votes)
6 Jul 09, 2008 18:50 Ireland, Republic of Dublin » Dublin Airport Nightmare 146 km [*] (5)
6 Jul 10, 2008 05:54 Spain Madrid » Arrival in Madrid 1599 km [*] (1)
6 Jul 10, 2008 14:22 Spain Madrid » A day in Madrid 1599 km [*] (10)
7 Jul 10, 2008 23:55 Spain Madrid » Madrid Airport 1599 km [*] (2)
8 Jul 11, 2008 23:12 South Africa Pretoria » Arrival in South Africa 9666 km [*] (4)
9 Jul 12, 2008 20:22 South Africa Pretoria » Union Buildings & the Voortrekker Monument 9666 km [*] (33) 5 (1 votes)
10 Jul 13, 2008 20:55 South Africa Mafikeng » Journey to Mafeking 9926 km [*] (16) 5 (1 votes)
11 Jul 14, 2008 20:49 South Africa Pretoria » Mafeking Siege Musuem 10186 km [*] (8) 5 (1 votes)
12 Jul 15, 2008 19:59 South Africa Ladysmith » Journey to Ladysmith 10538 km [*] (12)
13 Jul 16, 2008 20:09 South Africa Ladysmith » The Battle of Talana & Rorke's Drift 10538 km [*] (29)
13 Jul 17, 2008 10:17 South Africa Umngazi Mouth » Arrival at Umngazi, Port St Johns 10887 km [*] (2)
15 Jul 18, 2008 20:36 South Africa Umngazi Mouth » First full day at Umngazi 10887 km [*] (40)
16 Jul 19, 2008 20:39 South Africa Umngazi Mouth » A visit to an African Village and Dune Boarding 10887 km [*] (16)
17 Jul 20, 2008 21:44 South Africa Port Elizabeth » Arrival in Port Elizabeth 11331 km [*] (14)
18 Jul 21, 2008 21:47 South Africa Port Elizabeth » Donkin Reserve, Fort Frederick & Bayworld 11331 km [*] (26) 5 (1 votes)
19 Jul 22, 2008 21:53 South Africa Johannesburg » Return to Johannesburg 12229 km [*] (16) 5 (1 votes)
20 Jul 23, 2008 21:30 South Africa Johannesburg » A visit to a Gold Mine 12229 km [*] (37) 1.1 (1 votes)
21 Jul 24, 2008 22:55 South Africa Kimberley » The Premier Classe train to Cape Town 12662 km [*] (20) 3.7 (3 votes)
22 Jul 25, 2008 22:18 South Africa Cape Town » Arrival in Cape Town 13497 km [*] (6)
23 Jul 26, 2008 21:53 South Africa Cape Town » The Noon Gun, Cape Town 13497 km [*] (24)
23 Jul 27, 2008 17:59 South Africa Springbok » Departure for Windhoek 14348 km [*] (2)
24 Jul 28, 2008 18:02 Namibia Windhoek » A day in Windhoek 15480 km [*] (4)
25 Jul 29, 2008 18:07 Zambia Livingstone » Arrival in Livingstone 16537 km [*] (8)
27 Jul 30, 2008 19:42 Zambia Livingstone » A Cruise on the Zambezi River 16537 km [*] (32) 5 (1 votes)
28 Jul 31, 2008 19:34 Zambia Livingstone Island » A visit to Livingstone Island & Victoria Falls 16545 km [*] (28)
29 Aug 01, 2008 20:44 Zambia Livingstone » A trip on the Royal Livingstone Express 16553 km [*] (47) 5 (1 votes)
30 Aug 02, 2008 21:02 Zambia Livingstone » A visit to the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park 16553 km [*] (30)
31 Aug 03, 2008 23:17 Namibia Rundu » Return to Namibia 17200 km [*] (1) 4.8 (1 votes)
32 Aug 04, 2008 22:19 Namibia Windhoek » Arrival in Windhoek 17788 km [*] (2)
33 Aug 05, 2008 21:25 Namibia Windhoek » The Alte Feste and Joe's Beerhouse 17788 km [*] (32)
34 Aug 06, 2008 21:28 Namibia Windhoek » The TransNamib Railway Museum 17788 km [*] (20) 4.9 (1 votes)
35 Aug 07, 2008 22:32 Namibia Swakopmund » Arrival in Swakopmund 18051 km [*] (3)
36 Aug 08, 2008 21:43 Namibia Swakopmund » A walk about town 18051 km [*] (36) 3 (1 votes)
37 Aug 09, 2008 22:46 Namibia Swakopmund » A visit to the Snake Park, Museum & Aquarium 18051 km [*] (17)
38 Aug 10, 2008 23:15 Namibia Windhoek » Return to Windhoek 18314 km [*] (1)
39 Aug 11, 2008 23:45 Namibia Keetmanshoop » Depart Windhoek by Intercape Sleepliner bus 18774 km [*] (7) 3.9 (9 votes)
40 Aug 12, 2008 23:23 South Africa Cape Town » Return to Cape Town 19591 km [*] (5) 3.6 (1 votes)
41 Aug 13, 2008 23:23 South Africa Cape Town » St George's Cathedral & The Two Oceans Aquarium 19591 km [*] (17)
42 Aug 14, 2008 23:27 South Africa Cape Town » Table Mountain & The Mount Nelson Hotel 19591 km [*] (40)
43 Aug 15, 2008 23:46 South Africa Cape Town » Castle of Good Hope & The Cape Town Club 19591 km [*] (29)
44 Aug 16, 2008 23:58 South Africa De Aar » Departure from Cape Town by Rail 20232 km [*] (14)
45 Aug 17, 2008 23:11 South Africa Johannesburg » Return to Gold Reef City Johannesburg 20868 km [*] (10)
46 Aug 18, 2008 20:53 South Africa Johannesburg » Departure from South Africa 20868 km [*] (1)
46 Aug 19, 2008 13:20 Spain Madrid » A day in Madrid 28979 km [*] (14)
47 Aug 19, 2008 22:34 Ireland, Republic of Dublin » Back Home via Dublin 30432 km
48 Aug 20, 2008 22:11 United Kingdom Belfast » Madrid Barajas Airport - Support by Prayer 30573 km
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