The North Cape
Yesterday we clocked in at the North Cape at around 13.30 – a good thirty thousand kilometres and six and a half months after we’d left Cape Town on February 1. We popped the champagne and toasted ourselves to a long and extraordinary journey that took us to twelve African countries, a few stops in the Middle East and friends and holidays on mainland Europe.
After Switzerland and France we hit the road and cruised through Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Norway met us with lots of rain, cold nights (our tent is built for Africa, not Scandinavia). However, yesterday, when we reached our final destination on Cape To Cape – the sun came out. As it should!
Now we will trickle our way back to the southern parts of Sweden, but we will talk about the trip, look at pictures, re-read our journals and laugh at silly internal jokes for a long time to come (please let us know if we become completely unbearable).
Cape to Cape is a once in a lifetime journey. For all of you that have not done it yet – try it out. It’s worth it.
Our blog and our website will not die completely just because we are home, we’ll let you know if and when our next project is due because here we are wondering quietly: what’s next?!
Congratulations, You made it. We followed you all the way and are still planning our own “big trip” next year with great anticipation. We might not go all the way due to time constraints, but what a dream!
Great! Very well done! See you in Arild?
Gunilla and Håkan
PS. We are now proud owners of a Landrover Defender 110!!! DS.
Thanks! @ Pieter and Marcia – looking forward to hearing more about your plans. And hope to see you in Cape Town before take off
@ Gunilla and Håkan, we are in Arild at the moment, will be going to GBG after the weekend but let us know when you are here!
Och GRATTIS Håkan och Gunilla till Defendern! Är det Rinnes?