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    Black Rhino campsite

    26 novembre 2019, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    The Rhino campsite was set up by a saving rhino nonprofit organization. The fee is totally based on how much you like to donate. I gave N$ 300.

    We went to talk with the “competitors” of “Desert Ultra”. One of the guys we passed on the road happened to come in. Everyone cheered for him. We were told they got up at 4 o’clock in the morning and the complete distance is 93 kilometers. In such heat and everyone carried their own food and water it was quite amazing. For us it’s quite good to have the competition coming along at the same day. The pink flags that guided them also led us to the destination without any problems. If there were a flat tire we might get help from them pretty easily. Finn wasn’t so happy to “share” the same campsite. But they actually took the other side of the camp we took one that was farthest away from them. We could barely hear them. So, Finn had no complaints. For him the eventLeggi altro

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    Back from Messum Crater

    27 novembre 2019, Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We didn’t stay at the crate long and headed back on the same route. The corrugated road seemed not as bad as when we drove in. We messed up at one intersection and had to turn back to find the right one, twice. Later Finn said the wrong one was actually a short cut. But who would want to make a mistake there. •Leggi altro

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    Messum Crater

    27 novembre 2019, Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Finn decided to make a detour to go a place called Messum Crater. So got off from D2303, we head to Messum Crater.

    From our guide books I couldn’t find any further information about this crater other than a name. The topo map on GPS didn’t show the obvious change of altitude which was how a crater was supposed to look like. Finn decided to give it a try any way. So we went. The roads were corrugated in some sections, one could drive anywhere because it’s all flat. We stayed on the road. The area is so dry that it will years for a small grass to grow. The plant in the pictures is called Welwitschia that can live a thousand years while in all these time only grow two leaves. Amazing.

    We finally reached a point of a T junction and decided to turn back. The area was flat with some low hills far far away. We still didn’t know if we had reached Messum Crater (we were actually in the middle of it but didn’t realize it).

    I took a leak and left the toilet paper on the ground. Finn saw it flying in the wind. He asked what is it? I said paper. He said you should not leave anything behind. I ran out of car and chased it. I could not catch it if it was not caught by a rock first. While chasing it I even imagined I ran so far into the desert till I was lost. After getting back into the car I told Finn that I thought it was OK to leave it here because it was a piece of paper, but after talking with him I realized it would take a long time for this paper to biodegraded in this absolutely no water environment. It won’t go bio deterioration without humidity. Last time when Finn and I walked a trail in upstate New York Finn told me the put an apple core under a rock instead of throwing on the ground even though it can be disintegrated easily. Finn has a lot experience in the wild.    Leggi altro

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    Coast/Hentiesbaai

    27 novembre 2019, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We drove along C34 south to Hentiesbaai, also Henties Bay in English. The temperature dropped pretty quickly before we reached the bay area. It’s only low 20C, the air is full of moist. A big change from the heat and dry of inland, a nice break.

    The road was paved by sand, mixed with some oil, per Finn. It was really good, smooth and solid.    Leggi altro

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    Hentiesbaai

    27 novembre 2019, Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We got here in the early afternoon and stayed at Bucks Camping Lodge. Finn said the lodge was fully booked when he was here last time so we wanted to make sure we got a space before too late. The camp was mostly empty, only a few were taken. It’s definitely a slow season but the owner won’t let us pick any spot we wanted. Instead all visitors were put into one section. We had neighbors. Each site is very small in size but more private. We had our own bathroom and a washing area that allowed me to lay everything on the cement table while cooking, it’s like in a normal kitchen. We left something at the site and then went out shopping for food in Spar. Finally, we could have meat for dinner. We bought chicken breasts, mushrooms, some veggies and a bottle of white wine.

    After shopping Finn drove around to show me the town. The “white” side of town was really nice. Beautiful houses, well trimmed gardens, Finn also noted that no electric fences around the houses, unlike what we saw in Windhoek. Some nice restaurants along the beach. Moist ocean wind, very comfortable temperature and golden sunshine, I wish we could eat in a restaurant and enjoy all these...

    We had a neighbor when we got back, Peter and his wife (I didn’t get her name). Peter is a heavyset man with red cheeks. He said they came from Windhoek, to “be away from the crowd in the big city”. I laughed in my heart. I couldn’t believe anyone thought Windhoek was a big city. Come on, man, it’s a little larger than a village. LOL. Their “RV” was similar to ours. They were boiling a few big potatoes and eggs for dinner.

    We turned back to our side to cook dinner. I made the grilled chicken breasts with mushrooms and lemon zest sauce, and hush browns. I have to say it was the best meal I’ve cooked the whole trip. We ate, talked and finished the whole bottle of the white wine. It’s very convenient to have our own bathroom.

    This area, may be the whole skeleton bay, is big attraction of ocean fishing. Many heavy trucks equipped with the fishing rod holders welded in the front of bumper.    Leggi altro

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    11 years old ship wresk

    On the way to Swakopmund, beach

    27 novembre 2019, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    This is a part of famous Skeleton Bay. The boat is Zelia shipwreck, south of Henties Bay, got here in November 2014. The earliest one is Eduard Bohlen of 1909. It showed on Finn’s map but we couldn’t see it from the road. Later I realized it must have run down to sand after been washed by the wind and waves. Locals waited at these “attractions” and asked for money. We gave a guy a bag of carrots he was not impressed.

    Finn made a stop and gave a quick dip to Atlantic Ocean. I declined to give it a try. I didn’t like the feeling of stickiness of ocean water. He draw the lion we saw on the rock carving in Twyfelfontein.    Leggi altro

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