A grey cloud in the blue sky

Today was the day we were picking up our camper. We got up and had a massive breakfast (omelette and all the trimmings) - then we made our way to the airport to meet representative of Bobo Camper (true name of the rental company). We met the guy and he quickly handed me the phone over: that is when we got informed that our camper suffered a break down on arrival in Port Elisabeth the evening before. The company was trying to get more info and we were told to wait. After 45 min, we were called back and told that since it was Sunday, the car was locked up in a garage and they could not access it til Monday. Since we had a booking in Addo Elephant National Park for the night (a tent site), the company offered to pay for the rental of a car (until they found out what is wrong with the camper) and the extra charge to change our accommodation from a camp to a cottage.
That is how we ended up making our way to Addo elephant park in a brand new VW Polo rental car- annoyed as this was not the experience we wanted. Nevertheless, the park made us forget this incident! There, you drive around loops and tracks and if you are lucky, you see animals- not as close as in Sabi Sands- but actually, we got lucky: wildebeests, zebras, warthogs, ostriches, kudus and 3 out of the big 5: elephants, lions and buffalos!
We managed to secure a cottage (last one) in the park and got to the info to pick up our keys 5 min before closure.
The night in the cottage was peaceful only slightly troubled by a small bat flying around the room (we were told in advance about it).Read more