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Weather: at 9am /28C Light Cloud
Arrived Namibia as per logistical arrangements organized by Gael on the 27th April. The overnight train Windhoek to Walvis Bay was interesting, long and probably our only African train journey (we hope).
Vehicle retrieval from the docks was the most efficient yet. Not a sign of incompetence anywhere.
Have driven from Walvis Bay south to Namib Desert Park, the driest in the world if you discount the massive amounts of rain that fell on us from the heavens at regular intervals. The climate records are being rewritten.
We are having a few issues with the non genuine axles that I fitted on the rear of the truck, as the road we travelled here on makes the Birdsville Track look like a freeway. We have to make some adjustments when we hit Walvis Bay again.
We are both well and yesterday enjoyed the dunes at Sossusviel. Gael saw her first African wildlife and had a smile a foot wide. Namibia is relatively easy for the tourist to get around but this is reflected in the prices. It sure ain't cheap with the campsite last night costing a gut wrenching A$34!!!! for a small piece of dirt for the night.
Internet access is hard to find and slow so posts will be hard to manage.
From here we swing back North again and head towards Etosha National Park, they say Namib’s finest, and then on to Botswana.
3rd May 2011
Weather: at 7pm 23C
Tried to post the few lines above at Sossusviel where there was a solar powered "Outback" email booth. Outback mind you. Cheeky *******s! The queue of hopeful, mostly German emailers was an outback mile long so had to give it a miss. Namibia being an old German colony means that you are more than knee deep in those of Germanic decent any time even a small crowd gathers. Open and engaging they are not!
Because of the above lack of access to the technological marvels we take for granted in the land of milk and honey, I have taken the bold move of turning the blog into a form of running diatribe. This should mean more bang for our email buck when we hit a town that is wired.
This evening after a leisurely if somewhat bone shattering drive back towards the coast and Walvis Bay, we decided to pull off the road down a small side track and bush/wild/free camp, depending on which part of the world you hail from. After setting up camp (pushing up the lid on the camper) we checked out some of the local fauna and flora. After the above average rains about the area the bugs are breading, well like bugs!
Gael nearly wet herself when on the hill opposite a small herd of mountain Zebra appeared. The ensuing scramble for the binoculars in the truck did little for the nervous disposition of the herd and they were last seen galloping wildly over the hill. I pointed out to Gael that stealth is the word when game viewing. The sight of them galloping and the sound they made on the stony ground was magnificent though!
And the first country is “NAMIBIA”!!!!!
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