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- Day 9
- Monday, July 17, 2017 at 10:38 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
NamibiaAgate Beach26°36’23” S 15°11’35” E
Shipwrecks along the coast
July 17, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
486 known wrecks along the Skeleton Coast
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- Day 9
- Monday, July 17, 2017 at 11:07 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 74 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency26°33’38” S 15°9’36” E
Beach drive - Day 1
July 17, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A barge which was converted to a mussel farm
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 8:09 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- NamibiaBlack Rock26°5’13” S 14°58’56” E
Day 1 in the dunes
July 18, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Sadly we lost one of our team 😓. Dani's Ford Ranger had a problem and had to limp back to Luderitz.
AVIS promised a new vehicle to be delivered to Luderitz and he'll be joining us at lunchtimeRead more
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 10:01 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 100 m
- NamibiaSaddle Hill25°53’44” S 14°54’55” E
Saddlehill Mine
July 18, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This diamond mine was operational after the 1st world war until the depression and then again after the 2nd world war. At that time they were getting 10 Shillings per carat 😨
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 3:44 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency25°35’6” S 14°52’26” E
Day 2 in the dunes
July 18, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Fun day along the coastline and crossing over and between the dunes.
In keeping up with our transport fun ... Paul Goosen had a tyre problem 😨. A quick tyre change and all good again. Then cameRead more
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 7:54 AM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency25°35’6” S 14°52’26” E
Armando
July 19, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We had the privilege of spending lots of time with this very special boy 💜
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 1:30 PM
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency25°14’23” S 14°49’30” E
Lunch stop
July 19, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Lunch with a view 😆
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 2:14 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- NamibiaBlack Cliffs25°21’39” S 14°48’46” E
Day 3 in the dunes
July 19, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency25°14’23” S 14°49’30” E
Another old diamond camp
July 19, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
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- Day 12
- Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 7:58 AM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency25°14’23” S 14°49’30” E
Morning beach walk
July 20, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A couple of items found on our walk this morning.
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- Day 12
- Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- NamibiaLuderitz Constituency25°14’23” S 14°49’30” E
Our campsites in the dunes
July 20, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
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- Day 12
- Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 10:10 AM
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 123 m
- NamibiaSylvia Hill25°8’23” S 14°51’29” E
Sylviahill
July 20, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Approximately 7000 seals at this colony
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- Day 12
- Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 12:19 PM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 116 m
- NamibiaWalvis Bay Rural Constituency25°2’15” S 14°51’40” E
Day 4 in the dunes
July 20, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Not too much Technical Stuff they said ... But we still managed to get stuck 😲
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 8:43 AM
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- NamibiaFischersbrunn24°38’53” S 14°43’47” E
Fishers Bron
July 21, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
A fishing camp where 6 fortunate (or unfortunate) stowaways managed to get to after being thrown off the ship on a makeshift raft - 5 men and 1 lady 😨
Fresh water 2m below the sand.
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 9:33 AM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- NamibiaBlack Reef24°31’21” S 14°36’44” E
Meob Bay
July 21, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 10:58 AM
- 🌙 27 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- NamibiaWalvis Bay Rural Constituency24°11’12” S 14°29’36” E
Day 5 - Beach Drive
July 21, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:45 AM
- 🌙 27 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- NamibiaWalvis Bay Rural Constituency23°59’48” S 14°27’24” E
Eduhard Bolin 1909
July 21, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 9:45 AM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
South Atlantic Ocean23°40’25” S 14°30’14” E
More Shipwrecks
July 21, 2017, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 2:07 PM
- 🌙 18 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- South Atlantic Ocean23°23’45” S 14°29’26” E
Day 5 in the dunes
July 21, 2017, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
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- Day 13
- Friday, July 21, 2017 at 3:08 PM
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- South Atlantic Ocean23°23’45” S 14°29’26” E
Sandwich Habour
July 21, 2017, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
So .... What started off as a regular day in the dunes ended with only 3 of the 4 cars getting to camp 😓
Pauli's Landrover broke a CV joint 30km from camp 😲
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- Day 14
- Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 3:43 AM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- South Atlantic Ocean23°23’45” S 14°29’26” E
Last campsite on the Dune Trip
July 22, 2017, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
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- Day 14
- Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 11:56 AM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- NamibiaWalvis Bay22°57’45” S 14°28’60” E
Walvis ... end of the dune trip
July 22, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Back in civilization.... For lunch then off to Spitzkoppe
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- Day 14
- Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 4:00 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 1,111 m
- NamibiaGrosse Spitzkuppe21°49’52” S 15°9’50” E
Spitzkoppe
July 22, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After a last meal with our fellow travellers, we left the misty weather in Walvis and headed for the Spitzkoppe.
We spent our last night here with Dani, Armando, Matt and Claire.
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- Day 15
- Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 3:07 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 460 m
- NamibiaTsisab21°0’58” S 14°41’3” E
Brandberg
July 23, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
So we've lost all our travel companions, who have gone back to Johannesburg, London and Switzerland 😓
However, the up side, we're sitting in 35° at the Brandberg as apposed to 5° on the coastRead more
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- Day 16
- Monday, July 24, 2017 at 10:28 AM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 911 m
- NamibiaKhorixas20°22’32” S 14°55’44” E
Desert Ellie comes to visit
July 24, 2017 in Namibia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We had an unexpected visitor last night 😊
I woke up at around 10pm to the sound of stomping and crunching. When I looked out of the tent window, I saw the outline of a lone Ellie 🐘 no furtherRead more
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