Lightning Strikes Twice

It doesn’t matter how often you travel, you always need to be prepared for the unexpected. Because the moment you become too complacent is the moment that fate steps in, just like our Drive Out journalist found out.

When you spend as much time on the road as I do, it’s very easy to become lax when it comes to preparation. I’m often on assignment for a week, back home for a week, and away again for two weeks. You get used to living out of a suitcase, and preparation is often just throwing a few basics on the back seat of the bakkie the night before I leave. You don’t worry about the rest too much – you’ll figure it out on the go if need be. Until the day you can’t.