Thursday 26 June 2014

Let the journey begin!

Day two began far too early and cold for my liking - a procedure that I have now come to terms with considering it has to be done in order to actually achieve anything in the day, and the bitching and moaning is slowly decreasing from 'dammit man f'*ck it's cold where the f*ck is the sun?!' to just a young grunt/moan and checking of whether fingers, toes and noses are still attached to the body.

We headed into Khayaletsia for the first of three shoe drops and in true Bundu Basher style we managed to lose the rest of the convoy and spent the better half of an hour trying to relocate them. Eventually after a grand tour of the inner workings of the township we came right and the shoe drop kicked off. 800 and something children later hands were klunking of feet but spirits were high and it was time to go devour some pap and nyma (and quartz's) at Mzoli's.

Clanwilliam bound! Until the 574 (basically) road blocks made what was supposed to be a young drive into a whole day's excursion . After about the 50th one restless me was more than happy to take up Rox's challenge of running up and down the road to the other Put Footers, which became an even better idea when I came across the Norwegian's who fed me champagne and beers - I knew I'd found some keepers!



Eeeeeventually Clanwilliam was on the horizon. And then it disappeared again taking the sun with it and we were left to find our elusive accommodation for the night in the dark - in the middle of absolutely nowhere no exaggeration this time. There was even a period of heavy doubting whether this place actually existed even because the GPS had no idea about the place, the directions we were given were horrendously wrong and the contact number didn't work :/. Glory glory hallelujah! we finally found the place, unpacked the car, made some kos and then collapsed onto our cardboard beds in the minus 200 degree cold.

"I'm here for the adventure!"

And with these profound words begins one of the most incredible experiences in my 20year career as a human.

After a scramble around Cape Town getting together the essentials such as lumo paint and liquor on the morning of registration leaving things to theee last minute as we Motswana's do best, we set off for Weltevreeden foaming at the mouth with excitement and an uncontrollably large cheesy from ear to ear.

Nerves were high as we entered the registration location and so naturally a drink was needed to calm us. A few sachet's of 50c Malawi 'rum' later we were ready to meet and greet. Poppie's 'peace pipe' (no mom and dad it's not drugs) served as a great friend maker and soon we were mingling and meeting some very interesting characters that we would be spending the following 18 days with.

At the check in desk our team name ''Bundu Bashers' was mispronounced as 'Bush bangers' - just our luck, the name stuck.

Monday 2 June 2014


13 sleeps to go!

Excitement and/or panic is building slowly in the Bundu Bashers Camp - not least as it's probably 13 sleeps until the crew is all together for the first time!

I think Day 1 will start out a bit like this for our crew after the Registration Day meet n greet!

Our little city of Francistown has done me SO proud with all the donations & sponsors we've received to date. We are a little city with a HUGE heart.

As I was driving to work this morning it suddenly hit me that in 2 weeks time the scenery out the car window will be a TOTAL change - from the desert of Botswana to the Mountains of the Cape!

Bring it on I say!

Yours, in adventure
Rox