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Fish River Canyon, Namibia, 6 September 2012
Published: October 8th 2012Africa » Namibia » Fish River Canyon
October 8th 2012
Fish River Canyon, Namibia, 6 September 2012 After leaving our campsite at 7.45am, after having to wait 45 minutes for the Park gates to open, we travelled over unsealed, well graded roads. Again we viewed amazing scenery along the way. The Namib Desert continued to impress us with its rocky mountains either side of the road. We arrived at the Hobas Camp Site at about 4.00pm and set up our tents. At 5.00pm we then drove 10 kms to the Fish River Lookout for sunset. About 1 km from the lookout we heard a bang and we had another flat tyre. We arrived at the lookout cautiously. Instead of the truck dropping us off at this site then meeting us 2 kms along the canyon lip, we ended up walking along the top of the canyon ... read more
Day 8: Orange River - Fish RIver Canyon
Published: October 24th 2012Africa » Namibia » Fish River Canyon
August 19th 2012
Well, that was a frustrating day (to begin). Our first stop was the South Africa/Namibia border. The border officer on the Namibia side muct have woken up on the wrong isde of bed, because she was quite rude. She made us list the make/model, serial number and RRP (in rand) of all cameras, lenses, iPads and laptops we were carrying as "part of the import rules", even though we were not importing them since we were leaving the country with them too. The worst part was, once we listed them, she then went on to input most of the stuff incorrectly in the computer system! Anyway, that was a total waste of 2 hours. Eventually we arrived at our camp. It wasn't too late but it could have been earlier if they were kinder to us ... read more
April 27th 2012
It isn’t hard to understand that just 2 million people live in Namibia as you drive a few hundred kilometers without meeting anyone – no cars, no houses, no people and just endless deserts. Here we are in middle of nowhere and don’t have any transportation to the south. It is during these times that we understand how helpless we are in this landscape. But nothing is impossible if you have some patience and try to reach your goal so our recent mission was to get a lift to the Fish River Canyon. Well it wasn’t easy and we cannot thank enough the amazing couple from South Africa who offered us a ride to the canyon from the Sossusvlei dunes, and we hang out with them for few days and we were dropped off in Springbok, ... read more
August 12th 2011
M – Welcome to Namibia. Finally we have arrived. And it pretty cool. Masses of empty space, very easy driving on nicely tarmac’d roads and very few people around. Not knowing what the border crossing might be like, we have played it safe again and kept the journey short. The first stop is a short one (150km) and we pre-booked ourselves into The Cañon Roadhouse at Fish River Canyon. They have a hotel and a camp ground. We are in the campground. Check out the photos of the cap ground facilities. The stonework on their shower block, and wash area are better than most $1m plus houses in California. Now look at the size of the facilities. Pretty decent, now think again after my next comment - the facilities in the photos were for the use ... read more
Meer vakantiekiekjes - Namibia en Zuid Afrika
Published: June 8th 2011Africa » Namibia » Fish River Canyon
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February 9th 2011
Around 4:30am my battery died in my phone which acts as my alarm clock. Oops. I ended up stretching on the river front around 6am. Breakfast was at 7am. Linda showed up very late as she is having troubles adjusting to a group’s time schedule. She said we are rotating seats in the van without a discussion. As I got sick yesterday, I asked to sit in the front, but of course she said absolutely not. Long story short, I told her I am not going to spend the next 18 days getting car sick every day because she has a stick up her ass. Oops again. John Locke said he would take care of it. He saw how sick I got yesterday. As Linda got in the car before me, she sat in the front ... read more
February 6th 2011
We started our drive from Lambert’s Bay, South Africa around 9am. We stopped for lunch at 1pm. We finally got to the border crossing around 3pm. It was pretty smooth considering John Locke told us that he has had many problems in the past with immigration folks. Ann, my wackadoo roommate couldn’t seem to figure out how to fill in the proper paperwork. This led us to believe that even though she speaks English, she may not be able to write in English. I offered my help several times, especially after she copied John Locke’s exact information. She went through 3 forms until she got it right. We then had another hour until we reached our destination for the night which is located on the Orange River. The landscape from South Africa to Namibia is extremely ... read more
October 25th 2010
Sesriem to Fish River Canyon There is another overland group paralleling our trip from Acacia Overland. Their vehicle, White Nile, passed us when we were broken down on the way to Solitaire. We found out later that he wondered at the time why we were having lunch at the side of the road at 3:00 pm. But he continued driving anyway. Their driver has a long whip, which he cracks at every opportunity when in camp, much to the annoyance of all. We first encountered him at Lake Malawi, and we've seen him off and on ever since. We call him 'whip man'. This was a very long day over some very rough roads, rivaling the road into South Luangwa, only much longer - 600 km. Toilet stops along the road - ladies behind the truck, ... read more
August 8th 2010
Entered Namiba yesterday after having a great few days in south africa, whale wathching was great saw southern right whales, dolphins and lots of seals, Cape town is a great place and would definitely go back. Met up with the group I am now travelling with, a mixture of people from America, New Zealand, Austrailia and the UK think we are going to have good fun! Everyone has different jobs to do, mine is climbing onto the roof of the truck to unload and then load the sleeping mats, a good job compared to some other peoples!! On the first day we headed to the Cape of Good Hope, scenery was unbelievable and have already seen lots of animals, a long day of driving yesterday, the last day on tarmaced roads! is going to be bumpy ... read more
July 26th 2010
For more amusement on the truck, we start a game of killer. We have 22 names, 22 locations and 22 objects in 3 hats, everyone picks one and that is their contract. The object of the game is to get that person, in that location, with that object e.g. I had to kill Nik by a fire with a frying pan. It spurs everyone into a frenzy and suddenly no-one is helpful any more, if someone offers you a beer or asks you to hold something for them, usually it leads to people running away screaming. Great fun though. I make Nik scream when I run at her by the fire with a huge truck frying pan, then I take over her contract. Unfortunately I don't manage to kill Katie in the bar with a hair ... read more
