Off to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Louise is home for Christmas. Having acquired her Honours BSc in Genetics last December (from Pretoria University), she has been living and working in the UK since January. The "living" bit is near Newmarket in Suffolk (80 odd miles north east of London), and the "working" bit involves genetics research at the Animal Health Trust.

Tomorrow morning we (Gill, Louise, Tish & I) leave for a few days in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park - which used to be known as the Kalahari Gemsbok Park.

It's a 650km drive north-west of Kimberley and is likely to be somewhat warmer as well. And the last couple of days in Kimberley have been around the 38-40 C mark.

We will be staying in one of the chalets at Twee Rivieren - the camp at the southernmost gate. The accent will be on relaxation and watching the grass grow - or rather, watching the sand shift!

We plan to leave around 4am - but we'll see how successfully we achieve that target!