Ghost & The Gnu

Ghost & The Gnu
We didn’t get much sleep last night. I think we were excited, but apprehensive and nervous all at the same time, had we just lost a small fortune.
At 8am we we got a message from Johan saying he was on schedule and he would be with us at 9am and low and behold, at 9am Johan and his wife turned up with our Ford Ranger and Echo Chobe 4x4 safari trailer. We hadn’t been conned, Johan and his wife actually existed and our truck and trailer were in near new condition and we were so, so grateful.
After sitting down and having a coffee with Johan and his wife he gave us the paperwork and showed us around the car and then the trailer. Once the handover was complete Johan and his wife left and Ellie and I suddenly felt very nervous. Now we were on our own with a truck and caravan and we have to do everything we have planned.
Once our nerves had settled we headed out in Ghost our truck, leaving the Gnu back at the hotel and our first stop was the Chinese shop to get as much cheap stuff as we could and this included some extra cooking utensils, cleaning products and spare tools.
From the Chinese shop we headed to the outdoor warehouse and got camping chairs, a table and some ammo boxes for food storage. Then it was next door to the bedding shop to get pillows and a duvet and then we went to a little cafe on the retail park to get some cold drinks and roosterkoaks, these are basically a grilled Braai roll with fillings.
After lunch we headed back to the hotel and then we practised putting the trailer up and setting the bed up in the 35°c heat which was roasting.
Our room now looked like a camping bomb had hit it and gradually we started putting the stuff into the trailer and car until the room looked livable again. Then I jumped in the pool to cool off and had a beer whilst Ellie filmed around the trailer.
Time had really got the best of us today and before we knew it, it was 6pm and we packed the trailer down making a note of a few things we have to get tomorrow and then we made a salad for dinner. It had been a very draining, nervous but exciting day.Read more