After our morning walk we had lunch at midday with instructions to be back for 4pm for tea and a game drive. We set off in the Land Rover viewing vehicle. (I say Land Rover and later ask the owner why he uses them. Apparently they are cheaper than Toyota but three of his LRs have replacement Toyota or Isuzu engines!!) The scenery round here is beautiful - it is ringed with mountains - and we soon spot springbok (common) and soon after a small group of Kudu wit...

Leaving Camp Kipwe we only had about 100km or so to do so we took the opportunity to go to Twyfelfontein (doubtful spring) to visit the rock engravings. These were done by the San bushmen (a nomadic people) who frequented the area some 3000 years ago. The pictures consist mainly of animals that we see today - oryx, zebra, ostrich, flamingo, seal etc and the tour took about 45 minutes. We then went a little further to see ‘Burnt Mountain’, a rock formation w...

ATM SAGA ....... Having arrived in Swakopmund we decided to walk into the town and avail ourselves of, among other things, an ATM at FNBank. ADO put his card in, entered his pin, requested N$2000 and listened to all the whirring etc of notes being counted. Then nothing. Zilch. Zero. Nada. Nul points - you’re getting the gist! No receipt and the bank was closed! After breakfast on the following day (fortunately our excursion had been postponed until 12.00) w...

When we left you last I think we were just finishing in Sossusvlei. We left just before 9am to head north for about 200 miles to Swakopmund on the coast. The roads were all gravel varying from quite good quality to quite appalling. This latter state was usually in the mountainous areas where they had become badly rutted especially on bends and steep slopes. As we approached Swakopmund the land flattened out and became totally featureless so that we were runni...

We had pre-booked an excursion to go to the National Park. This meant a 06.00 breakfast!! Then into the vehicle with our companions for the day (2 Septics from Colorado who were on their honeymoon! Bless!). It was a 40 minute drive to the park entrance where we had to queue up until opening time. Unfortunately, this was the day when they decided to delay the opening by 15 minutes! It was light as we entered but soon after we took a side road and pulled over to...