Blogs from Fish River Canyon, Namibia, Africa - page 3

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

June 15th It was the normal morning routine for us before we left with me on dish duty, Kelly and David had let me off of cleaning up the night before so I could watch the rest of the Italy versus Paraguay match. So after the dishes were scrubbed and the tents were packed away we jumped in the truck and headed towards South Africa. The terrain had changed after the first hour and it wasn’t the most interesting or intriguing of drives. The sleep was contagious as the land passed us by, mostly flat plains without much wildlife to see. After a few hours went by we had reached a small one horse town to stretch our legs and empty out bladders. I stayed on as truck security and had my lunch while the rest ... read more

Last night we were camping again. It was really good to be back in the tent and, as we'd camped on sand in the Cedarberg mountains, the night was cool, but not cold. At 05h30, Maxwell walked through camp waking everyone up. There were moans of disapproval from the French camp but generally, everyone was awake. Up and out for a shower and then back to the tent to start packing the bags. By this time, there was usually enough light to make do without the torch however, here, in the mountains, it was still dark. The sun had not managed to get above the peaks. Once packed, I lowered the tent and went off for breakfast. This was the first morning camping for all and our guide was intending to teach the others how to ... read more

Drive: 370km south to Canon Lodge (D324 road) After breakfast we packed our bags, said our goodbyes to the reception in the Zebra Lodge, Kalahari, and set off in our car. h3Note!/h3 I used my credit card on 5 occasions in Namibia and South Africa, and the following month I had a fraudulent transaction in Austria appear on my card, so the credit card details must have been stolen from one of these locations although I’d hate to imagine it. If you can, and if you are in a country that lets you, you can get a Thomas Cook ‘credit card’ which you load with foreign currency and it works just like a debit card and it has a VISA sign and has a pin number. Slightly better protection on your hols. I think it’s taught ... read more

Day 19 - Rundu Up at 5am this morning for the long drive to Namibia. Uneventful drive and border crossing at Mohembo (country #43). We continued on to Rundu, our base for the night. It’s always a surprise when crossing borders how much the scenery and environment changes, particularly African borders which largely derive from random imperial edicts. Namibia is hot, hot, hot though (well into the 30s) and really dry, a welcome change after the past week. After stopping for money and supplies in Rundu, we went to the Sarasungu campsite just outside town, located on the Okavanga River, which is the border with Angola. Exhausted from the long, hot journey I had a few beers to cool down, a shower and an unusually disappointing meal (small piece of overcooked chicken, and boiled potato - ... read more