Blogs from Fish River Canyon, Namibia, Africa - page 5

Today was another long drive, over the normal 4 hours! The road from Luderitz was mainly tarred so it was an easy drive. We stopped on the way to see some Desert Horses; these have evolved to go without water for up to 4 days, far longer than Tim can go without a cold Windhoek lager on this trip! We arrived in time for lunch at Canon Lodge, one of the most attractive places we've stayed, it's lots of bungalows built around huge rock boulders that sometimes are partially built into the rooms. We spent a lot of time watching the Rock Hyrax (also known as dassies) which are related to Elephants but look like fat Guinea Pigs. After a trip through the Valley of Salads (their name for a salad buffet!) we went to bed. ... read more

Round The World 2007 Ok, I was going to go through and put in each town but it will take too long, as well as FRC we went to Etosha, Spitzkoppe, Swakopmund and Windhoek. Namibia was fantastic, not sure without my passport when we arrived and when we left. It is definately home to some of my best memories, i learnt to sandboard down a dune, climbed one at 5am to watch the sun rise and jumped out of a plane! and that was all in 2 days! Sandboarding was a lot of fun and i cant wait to try snow boarding either this trip if we have time or another time, i went down the dune on a body board too and reached a speed of 57kph I think, cant remember. Skydiving is the single ... read more

This is one of those places that give you an instant jaw-dropping effect. WeiL went: "I am not sure I can handle this" - the moment we arrived. Before us is a stupendous gorge with a 'river' snaking within it, all lit up in bright golden colour as the sun was slowly setting beyond the horizon. I thought I was staring at a gold field. It looked more like places you see in dreams. I bet I would forget about the whole experience (like I do all the time) by the time I wake up tomorrow unless I have pictures to remind myself that this is real. Thanks mom for lending me her camera! The second largest canyon in the world (I believe the Grand Canyon is the largest by size) has its very own ... read more

Yehaaa, die Reise kann los gehen!!! Nachdem mit dem Geldtransfer alles gut gegangen war, holten wir am vergangenen Donnerstag unseren "Sir Henry" bei Marlene (sie war wirklich wie eine Mutter zu uns und ein wenig entaeuscht, dass wir nicht bei ihr uebernachtet hatten) in CapeGate (oestlich von Kapstadt) ab und duesten los auf der N7 in Richtung Namibia (insg. ca. 600 km). Die fahrt durch die Region "Northern Cape" in Suedafrika ist empfehlenswert. Die Strasse windet sich in schoenen Kurven (Jungs, das waere eine schoene Moped-Racer-Strecke!) durch die bezaubernde Landschaft. Nach einer kurzen Nacht in Springbok kamen wir nach weiteren 115 Kilometern endlich an den Grenzuebergang "Noordoewer". Ruckzuck zwei Stempel von den netten Beamten und wir fuhren mit unserem gekauften "vehicle permit" auf Namibischem Boden. Fahren in Namibia ist so ein zweischneidiges Ding. Einerseits sind d ... read more

On one of the roads towards the Fish River Canyon we saw something standing in the road in front of us. We thought, through the heat haze that it was maybe a donkey - but it turned out to be an oryx - just in the middle of nowhere! From the car we also saw lots of ostrich and springbok. We got some petrol at the Canon Road House, and then drove to the canyon, paying our entrance fee at the gate. The gravel road to the canyon’s main view point was pretty rough and ropey. But the canyon…..it is huge. We only saw one small part of it. It was beautiful. If you have seen the Grand Canyon in USA it is not as red nor as wide (at the main view point where we ... read more