Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 January
Lockdown Day 292 to 294
We woke up to more grey and drizzly weather and a lovely cool 20°c for packing. And to think that my reason for not bringing the caravan was the 40°c heat that is usual for this time of year. The cloud cover remained all day and the road was still underwater in many places.
It's an 8 hour drive back down to Twee Rivieren but we were rewarded with two nice sightings of lion and a female cheetah hunting with her two cubs. She was following a herd of Hartebeest with youngsters but she was being very cautious.
We were supposed to use our time at Twee Rivieren to plan and book our trip to Namibia while we had a good data connection. But South Africa's land borders have all been closed. I was angry that my freedom to travel has yet again been curtailed, not due to Covid so much as the complete incompetence of the Government to prepare for and control the flow of people at our busiest borders after the holiday season. It took me a day of ranting and a day of mental inertia before I could face tackling a new plan.
And everyday it rained so we weren't always able to go out on game drives.
One positive and beautiful thing I did do was to take photos of all the desert flowers. The Kalagadi is truly spectacular after the rain.
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