It was cold this morning. We woke early with cold feet. The blanket wrapped around our duvet keeping us snug, had come unwrapped. The thermometer in Poki revealed it was 6 degrees, inside. We decided we would get up as it was just about light and around 7am. We wanted…
After a hearty breakfast at Fish Lodge Manor we set off, a bit before 10am, to head for Port Alfred. We wanted to take the R72. A smaller road than the N2 and closer to the coast. However, this proved more difficult than we expected, as at every attempt to…
On the road again. The day has finally arrived and we are mobile again. We left Key Largo at 09.30, saying goodbye to Adam (temporarily). Sadly, Adam is still battling with South African bureaucracy in an effort to get his Landy re-registered. He is hoping to catch us up early…
Good news at last! We have the Poki and Zikit back. The events of the last few days have been quite hectic. After many frantic emails and phone calls between us and OneLogix, the what seemed like a never ending saga with SARS/Customs was finally resolved. Yesterday morning we went…
Still at Key Largo The euphoria of watching the Leonidio pass our apartment on its way to docking in Durban has evaporated. The ship docked later that evening and our container was unloaded at 02.40. Nine days later, that’s still where we are at. Customs have not yet given us…
All is not well in “Paradise”. It’s wet. Yesterday was showery. This wasn’t a problem, as we were out on a tour all day. We were fortunate that it mostly rained while we were in the car between attractions. Today, however, it has been continuous heavy rain. As we had…
Shipping news We were hoping for news that our container had been loaded on the Rabelais in Kribi on 13th. The shipping company’s tracking website was unchanged, so last night we were rather concerned. This morning we hoped for an update, but nothing. At around 1300 Adam checked again and…
Time for an update We have been trying to ascertain if we can extend our stay in South Africa and, if so, how we go about it. Technically we don’t have visas. Just an entry stamp granting us a 90 day stay. Like shipping, it has been quite frustrating. We…
The decision to ship from Lome appears to be turning into a bit of a nightmare. Over breakfast on Monday morning, Adam was looking at a Marine Tracking App and commented that the GF Maestro seemed to be rerouted to Lagos. This is exactly what happened previously with the Port…
This morning our first port of call was the car hire company. Dennis had looked at his credit card statement last night and the charge was double the amount on the invoice. We went to investigate why. Some clause deeply hidden in the conditions, apparently, advised the higher charge would…