Into Namibia

After driving for an hour, we crossed the clean, well maintained and efficient border into Namibia. The name means “vast and empty” which we certainly were going to find out over the next week the true definition of those words! Lots of driving again today but it was broken up by a canoe paddle down the Orange River. We saw lots of birds and gorgeous scenery and stopped at a city with very, very small reed huts. The adults work at the vineyards along the Orange River, Namibia on the near side of the river and on the far side it is South Africa. We gave the kids two soccer balls, coloured pens and balloons and they sang a couple of songs for us. We stayed at a beautiful lodge, with vehicle decorations of old cars, trucks, tractors and much attention to detail in in rooms as well. We drove out to Fish Canyon which is the second largest canyon in the world. The sunset and rock formations were beautiful, although Tommy didn’t come with us because he was sick. On the drive back to the Lodge we saw some Oryx and then Sharon saw one at the Lodge.Read more