Blogs from Namibia, Africa - page 14

Some pics from the final days. So many thoughts, so much to write! We are sitting in the departure lounge at Mauritius waiting for our flight to Madagascar, with unbelievable internet! We said goodbye to Patti and Doug last night as they head home. I think it is hard for all of us to believe that portion of the trip is over. But it was amazing, finishing with the last 5 days in Kruger National Park. Those pics will be for later. After camping at Hoada, we moved south to another nice campsite, that would be wonderful if they were able to get some rain! The owner is a young South African woman run with the help of her mother and sister in law. We toured the rock paintings, which are now a UNESCO site and ... read more

Ok, way behind on our travelblog. We arrived in Windhoek on the 24th and set off for our three week camping experience in Namibia. First stop was Etosha National Park where we spent 4 days, 3 of them camping and one delightful night at Dolomite lodge. Internet has been scarce, we are now at a very nice lodge in central Namibia and will try to download some pics from Etosha. It was amazing to just drive and see so many animals!!... read more

At long last we have wifi again. It seems ages since I last made an entry. We made an exceptionally early start today. The aim was to leave camp around 4:30 to be at Dune 45 to see the sunrise. We finally left just after 5am and raced down tarmac road in the dark, still being fairly careful with no shock absorber. Time was running out so we went right to the end where the dunes are right across the road. We got on the first 4 x 4 to leave and hurtled through the sand as far as it would take us. We missed the sunrise as the huge dunes were higher than the sun. We found out afterwards that because of cloud the usual effect on the dunes from Dune 45 didn't happen. We ... read more

Got up today to another sunny morning but cooler than of late. We first went down the road to try and get a glimpse of the Garub wild dessert horses. We could see a few quite near but they didn't come very close. There were loads more further away. But some ostrich and an oryx came right up to the waterhole in front of us. Went into Aus for diesel. It is a pretty little town on a hill with a petrol station, an hotel, little church and a few shops. The houses were the most we have seen for a long while. The roads were better today. We crossed a railway line several times but didn't see a train. We passed through a dip today which actually had water in it near a dam. Lots ... read more

Still travelling on dusty, sandy, corrugated roads but only 2 more nights and we will be back in South Africa and blessed tarmac. There have been some beautiful sunrises and sunsets on the way and some magnificent scenery but we think we are 'deserted out' now. Sand, sand and more sand ... but a variety of colours. Yesterday was a particularly bad road although it was only about 140 kms most of which I drove. When we arrived at the Betta campsite I was having difficulty understanding exactly where Mark wanted me to park the van. The side door ended up being on the wrong side so I said the van needed turning around. Mark said "Well if you're so clever you reverse it in!". So I did and he hasn't mentioned it since! We are ... read more