So, the continuation of this topic..
viewtopic.php?f=156&t=32363" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The ETD was extended by one day, which meant we left on a Sunday. The roads were quiet, and the drive to Lobatse uneventfull. The wait at the border was nice and short, the same cannot be said for the wait at the ATM in Lobatse, to stock up on the now stronger Pula. It seems month end Sundays are spent refilling empty wallets after Saturdays over-indulgence...the bloke in front of me certainly smelt like had indulged in the amber fluid of eternal cleverness all night on Saturday...
It was hot...very hot. Apparently October in Bots is "suicide month", and perhaps entering at the end of October and expecting cooler weather was either cheeky, or downright stupid. We cruised up to Kang, wishing I had sorted the aircon out, where we filled up with cheap petrol (R 9.something to the liter !!
), and for the first time ever, got fleeced into buying wet firewood. In a country that hasn't had rain for months they must have searched hard to find wet wood. Then off to Kalahari rest..plenty of livestock on/next to/alongside/crossing the road...
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A very nice place, we opted for the chalet as we were quite knackered.
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Reasonable at the price, with aircon and electricity. This would be the first dog encounter. We like animals, and for whatever reason (could be my stinky shoes),they seemed to find us in the strangest places. This pooch made an arrival in the dark, after we had been listening to the hyenas calling. Needless to say it was the fastest bloody move Nats and I had made all day when the pooch ran out the dark, around the corner and onto the porch. Once my sphincter had returned to normal tension the dog and I had some playtime..
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We woke up early, had coffee and said cheers to the dog. Fired up the bongi and headed north to Buitepos on the Namibian Border. Another hot day, and the beginning of my long list of excuses as to why we shouldn't have the aircon fixed. This was a daily debate, which was never resolved even 22 days later..."Imagine how hot it would be when we stepped outside the aircon car at the border love?.."
We passed through with no problems, and headed to the metropolis of Gobabis. We camped at "Die Dam" campsite. Nice campsite, with clean, but small ablutions. The peace and serenity of the campsite was slightly marred by three blokes, obviously on an extended lunch break, blasting what sounded like a collaboration of Steve Hofmeyer mixed with heavy techno out of a little Opel, whilst practicing the age old sport of pap gooi on the other side of the dam. Perhaps they had hearing problems, or it might have been the brandy..but it was quite entertaining watching them trying to drunkenly catch ducks. Eventually Pa came and rounded them up for bath time and supper in his Hilux bakkie. Heres the campsite..
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Again we were visited by the local dog (I showered in the morning so I cant understand what attracted him) - who we nicknamed Schnitzelhund, being German/Namibian an all.
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Good nights sleep, and an interesting morning packing up. It would seem the avid pap gooiers from the day before had mentally scarred the geese, who decided to stage a mutiny at the bottom of our tent ladder, to revenge the previous days wrongdoings.
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Once over their PTS issues we were on our way up the C30 to the Waterberg Plateu park. As usual, the Namibian roads are fantastic..
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. Just before Hochfeld, we saw a small dam with stuff on/in it. On closer inspection we were stumped to see that it was full of flamingo's !!! sorry, no pics, too far away and I have size issues (with my camera lens that is..)
