It was 500k from Etosha to Swakopmund, on the Atlantic. Only about 300 miles, but, because of the deteriorating roads, it took the better part of 3 excruciating days. And this was just the beginning...
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Termite mounds...towers, actually...plus surely our last baibob tree ("don't call
me Shirley") |
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Compound fenced and decorated entirely with dead tires |
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The road goes ever on and on, but, alas, the pavement doesn't |
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This IS Nam, and there are rules...the vehicular designation for Namibia is NAM...
confusing and perhaps troubling for Americans, but it is what it is; and there are
rules |
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Geographical update; we're up in the upper left-hand corner now, maybe more than
half way through our tour |
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Principal attraction at the iGowati Country Hotel and Lodge (and campground) in
Khorixas |
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End of show |
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For us, the pavement ended at Khorixas |
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Yeah, sure, like every millennium or so |
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Innovative use of water bottles |
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Wilderness sculpture |
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The interesting rock outcroppings we have seen throughout
our journey, from Kruger to here...continue |
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Humor...we've seen things like this in Idaho, too |
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At this point, I think most in our party were keeping it well under 100kph...
later, after a week of such driving, however, 70 or 80 felt OK |
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Blossoms near Uis |
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Encampment at White Lady B&B and Camping, in Uis (White Lady is the
name of nearby rock carving); it had not rained in Uis for 3 years; we're in the
Namib desert now, that Grandfather of Deserts, in Damaraland |
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Tailings from a nearby uranium mine |
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Rocks from nearby mountains |
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This is really, really, out there, yet, there is a picnic area |
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The depiction of the tree may be a bit overstated |
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Mile after mile of corrugated sand road |
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Finally, for the last 10k, the road becomes graded, and then,
"Thalatta!", the sea! |
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Where, at Huntie's Beach, we meet up with several members of our group |
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The beach, where the Atlantic meets the Namib desert, is wild and windy...more
reminiscent of the Pacific than the Atlantic I know from the Americas |
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For a thousand or more miles, this is known as Africa's "skeleton coast"--with
500 years' worth of rusting or rotting hulks |
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The birds like them |
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Adventurous line fishing |
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Very popular |
2 comments:
Wesley loved the peacock and the birds in the shipwreck.
Those boats! What a sight.
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