Our drive from Mafikeng to "The Oasis of the Kalahari", found us travelling along "ghost roads" as we dubbed them...roads that seemed to span on forever...and forever. With vast amounts of open emptiness - we really felt that it was just us out there in the Big Wide World...especially so when we would check our cellphones and find ourselves with no signal...

It was beautiful in its simplicity - yet also scary in its complexity, as every now and then a white- tailed mongoose would cross the road - and show that life can still be sustained in an area like this. 

It almost led us to feeling insignificant - which is an awesome 

"freeing" experience. You can really just be yourself out there - and let go of all the mess and chaos that sometimes fills our worlds...It's something that cannot be explained, as the experience cannot be contained by a few words... 

Our only company on the road at times was a donkey-cart (something that Jonathan was proud to say...NEVER overtook us... no matter how hard they tried) ;-)

Some days we just thoroughly enjoy the trip itself - the pure freedom of being on the road...driving along with windows down, sunroof open, and Dixie Chics playing...enjoying the open road - and autumn sunshine. 

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling." - Margaret Lee Runbeck