We’re leaving on Saturday 27 June for a two week trip through parts of Namibia. One Suziki V-Strom DL650 and one BMWF800GSA, two 4×4’s with one caravan. It’s been in the planning for a couple of months and the route was devised by Christoff’s dad as well as most of the other arrangements. We’re packing our bikes and leaving on Saturday to meet the rest at the Vioolsdrift border crossing on Sunday. After some discussion we decided to break the trip to the border into a leisurely two day back road trip. I didn’t feel like racing 680km up the N7 in one day. On Sunday we packed everything we think that need to go with on the living room floor and debated most items. Then packed everything to see if all will fit onto two bikes. What I have to mention is that Christoff’s brother is flying to Cape Town tomorrow to ride pillion up to the border with us. For the trip to the border we will use my bike as the mule. I probably packed too much clothes and will repack at least twice more before the final load. It reminds me of packing for the Camino; it took two sessions of repacking and then I still realised after two days I packed too much and had to send stuff back. At least this time I can leave things in the caravan during the day. I keep on making a list and checking things off and then adding again. Music for my iPhone, bike papers, cross border letters, medical insurance etc.; check, done, add. It’s my first extended trip on a motorbike which comes with a lot of anticipation and expectations but peppered with trepidation.  But I have grattitude that I am able to do this and visiting a neighbouring country that I’ve never been to.  Now we’re looking forward to the last couple of hectic days at work and doing the last planning.