The Final Day!

We spent our last night in Namibia in relative luxury - although I did miss my tent a little (Ashley - you know the reason why!!). Serg was extremely generous and provided numerous bottles of champagne before the meal. But then he did point out that as a city banker, he was just spending our money which he'd received in bonuses in the past!! We had a wonderful meal all together and all stayed up well past what had become our normal 9pm bedtime. We were also treated to a lie in the following morning as we didn't need to leave until 9.30am. Most of us were up early and at breakfast for 7.30am when it started. Old habits die hard!

We were then driven an hour or so to a private game reserve where we jumped on a couple of jeeps for our mini safari. We were extremely lucky to see lots of wildlife - some of which I will confess to not remembering the names.

We started with a couple of crocodiles, before we moved on to what I really wanted to see; White Rhino and Giraffe. I was also fortunate enough to touch the horn of one of the Rhino's who came round the back of our vehicle.

We didn't see any more elephants, but after our intimate experience with them the previous morning, I'm not sure anything else could have compared. We also didn't see any Lion's - but I'm going to save that until next time I visit Africa.

After the game drive, we had lunch at the superb lodge on site (with Warthog grazing on the lawns!). We then drove to Windhoek to visit a wood market and purchase a few souvenirs en route to the airport. I didn't really like Windhoek and hated being back in the bustle of the city. I was much happier when out in my tent, getting up every morning to go and do some physical activity, before retiring around the camp fire each evening. I didn't miss TV, Music, the Internet or any of the technology that the modern day provides us.

Very soon we were on our way to the airport, and had checked in. We said some goodbyes to a few of our number who had quite sensibly arranged to stay on in Namibia and explore a little further. Whilst feeling a little jealous, the whole experience for me had centred around the team and the project and I would have felt a little strange staying in Namibia without this support network around me. So - it was farewell to Namibia - hello cold and hectic Heathrow!

As for my next adventure - watch this space...!