70 days after we set of from Pretoria in our trusty hyena the Serengeti Trip 2011 has made a full circle. I'm going to keep today's post very short for one simply reason - I am exhausted. Ji and I left Mapungubwe at sunrise in order to reach Gauteng when the traffic is not too bad, because I quickly had to shoot through to Joburg to drop off the Satphone at Shana from Sat4Rent. We stopped at my mother's house at midday to say hello and pick up my flat keys. Ji's girlfriend, Talita, also came to pick him up here. It was wonderful to see our loved ones and just as great to see their expressions when they saw our not-so-smooth faces! I'm sure Talita will be happy to see Ji's beard disappear.
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| Villiers hugs his mom, Esther |
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| Talita and Ji, back in each other's arms |
I'd like to thank all of you for your kind words and great suggestions regarding the blog - we appreciate it very much! I will make up for today's short post by posting some interesting statistics tomorrow, including total number of hours spent in the hyena, some favourites campsites of Ji and I, AND the impressive Google Analytics stats! This will allow you to see how many people from how many countries visited www.serengetitrip.com.
I know Ji is spending tonight with Talita and I will be spending it with my parents and two best friends - Servaas and Liese Verster. It feels fantastic to be back in Pretoria and as I said to Ji earlier today: "We've created a massive wave - now we've got to ride it for as long as possible!" So my hope is that this is by far not the last you've heard of the Serengeti Trip 2011! You can look forward to a series of articles in WEG's sister magazine WegRY (DriveOUT) and hopefully our effort with the video camera and GoPro will result in a great documentary! We'll keep you posted!
Have a wonderful day!
Villiers
PS: I don't want to bother Ji for this one, but I'll speak for both of us when I say:
Lowlight of the day: That the trip is over
Highlight of the day: To be back home!!! (and to see our loved ones)
4 comments:
Welcome back :)
Theuns heet julle welkom kannie by die braai wees nie bly in die kaap dis n belewenis om te sien wat julle gedoen het.Kan nie wag vir die 2de Mei wanneer ek vertrek met motorfiets na Kenya.Wil weet of julle die visas sommer op die grens by Tanz. en Kenya gekoop het?
Welkom terug!! Well done dit was 'n epic trip en 'n inspirasie vir ons! Spanspek!
Hi Theuns/Talana (?)
Ons was nie in Kenya nie, maar het sommer op die grens tussen Zambie en Tanzanie 'n visum gekoop. Die het ons $50US/visum gekos. Daardie grenspos, Tunduma, is 'n malhuis!! Dit het ons twee saam R2000 gekos om deur die grens te kom. My voorstel vir enigiemand wat Tanzanie toe gaan, is om deur Malawi te ry. Groete, Villiers
PS: Email my gerus by villiers@absamail.co.za vir enige ander vrae
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