Back in the land of the freezing

So I've been off in South Africa and Namibia for the last 3 weeks and a bit. Got back to London on New Years Day to a lovely temperature of NOUGHT degrees! damn it was a shock to the body and involved me not really wanting to leave the house at all and pretty much hugging the radiatior all weekend.

I know there are tons of posts in my head esp about my trip home and to Namiba and loads of wonderful photos to share if I do say so myself. I had a great time and really enjoyed the time off. Today back at work is def a bump down to earth and i'm not sure I want to be here. Oh well.

Highlights of the trip to keep my mind off the cold:

• the heat
• Braai's (BBQ's)
• seeing friends
• the beach
• the wedding
• C's hawk hairstyle
• Spitzkoppe
• 4x4ing
• Climbing
• Yummy food... too much food
• tobogganing
• giving presents
• the tan
• the heat

The lowlights (have to be mentioned):

• the flights
• lack of showers in Nam
• getting burnt
• too little time to get everything done
• Not figuring out how to tell C about his Christmas present and having to wait to tell him and a very boring and mundane way

SO not too bad :)

Home for Christmas

It is official...we finally found and bought tickets to go visit home for next Christmas :)

What a mission to actually find tickets that are at least a reasonable price for the high season. Most tickets are just horrendously priced and I seriously wonder how people can pay that much more for ticket in season compared to out of season! Mostly they are triple the damn price. Ok so enough whinging about the cost of the plane tickets... It is so great to have a set date that i'll be going back to visit. And the best part is that it is for 25 days in summer !! Glorious Cape Town summer :)

Family, friends, beaches, climbing and the beautiful mountain ! Cant wait.