The day of the Kalihari Crossing

So the big day of crossing the Kalihari comes around. Hundreds of miles of desert scrubland without water or food, and what happens? Our tyre with the slow air leak is completely down and we have to switch to our spare. So, we now have to go through the desert without a good spare and have to hope that nothing bad happens. This is all taken with a bit of a laugh and while I'm changing the tyre I find I have Kath and Gav laughing away taking photos!

The desert crossing went without a hitch (literally and metaphorically). We had plenty of water and food to keep us going and two eskis filled with ice and some beers and water. It was rather luxurious to be honest. When we stopped we had ice cold water and yummy snacks while land rovers and expedition vehicles occassionally passed by. We often got funny looks while we stood beside our old, little VW Golf - as if to say, "you're crossing the desert in that!"