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Photo by Daniel Rintz, Himba children, Namibia

The only impossible journey
is the one
you never begin

Photo by Daniel Rintz,
Himba children, Namibia



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Transafrica over the west



Meanwhile, we are back home.

It was a wonderful time that passed quickly - but still was not short.We both travel-saturated - not oversaturated - but it was a welcome end - and we were again on our daily lives and our work.
We thought that we would need another beach-holidays after this trip (because it would be stress) - but we arrive very relaxed at home.

Nor was it to "large workload" of miles - we decided in Namibia - to go for a snifter to Botswana - and have extended the trip by a nearly quarter (additional 4 `500km).
This is probably only a good ride comfort of our travel vehicle combination also a matter of attitude.

We would tackle on such a trip again similar - and more time – would also allow to see more.

The Daily "on the move" and still have a lot of breaks - was beautiful!

Now only hope that Brummie (the Land Cruiser) does not generate much service costs - he has already suffered a bit, but fought very bravely.

Tonight I'm going to summarize and publish the first trip statistics. And many thanks to those who send us messages within our satellite Messager. It was nice to know that some “travel” with us. Not always, we were able to assign the messages to the sender, because the Delorme sent always as “4x4reisend”

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We still need some time for sorting the pictures - and will add some pictures to each day of the diary.

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Hi,

Wellcome back home im looking forward to see some of your pictures With a nice car like yours you must have had a very different experience then someone riding a bike and sleeping in a tent

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With a nice car like yours you must have had a very different experience then someone riding a bike and sleeping in a tent
For shure - there are a big difference - not only in konfort stuff...

We are still sorting our pictures - here some kind of preview






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Hay!

I like you trip! :-)
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