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The Kalahari Desert wasn’t exactly what I was expecting – parts of it were green! We found out later that the colours were due to 3 days of heavy rain that had fallen about a week earlier. It added little … Continue reading
Category Archives: Attractions
There are basically 4 tar roads in Namibia & all are single lane – the B1 runs north / south, the B4 runs west from the B1 to Luderitz and the B2 runs west to Swapokmund / Walvis Bay (the … Continue reading
We did a couple more running repairs to the car:- Fitted foam rubber to all doors to try and keep the dust out: Put duck-tape (marvellous stuff) over holes in the floor where things had been bolted through before, then … Continue reading
From Khorixas we headed into Damaraland proper – more like desert and home to Himba / Herero people. The Herero dress in almost traditional ‘Victorian’ clothing, except in bright colours like something from a Beryl Cook picture. Whereas the Himba … Continue reading
Leaving Etosha via Namatomi (the eastern gate) was a bit of a wrench – it had been such a tremendous experience. We headed further east towards Tsumeb & ‘Bushman’ country. For decent showers etc we stopped at Kupferquelle rest camp. … Continue reading
Etosha at last. 23,000km2 of desert National Park (about the size of Scotland). The salt pan itself is 4,700km2. Everywhere in Namibia is remote – this place even more so than most. The country is the size of the UK … Continue reading
We’ve been having problems with the electrics in the car so decided to head straight up the B1 to Windhoek (Capital of Namibia) to see if we can get someone to help. Losing the fridge etc would be a pain … Continue reading
I didn’t think there would be any similarities between London and Cape Town but, even having been here only 48 hours, there is one that’s obvious. Sometimes you can get 4 seasons in one day. A gloomy spring morning…. …..can … Continue reading
The Turkish coastline gets more interesting (and less touristy) as you go east. The road can’t always follow the coast due to the sheerness of the cliffs in places…… But that doesn’t make it any less attractive. We even drove … Continue reading
Once we’d got into Turkey (with all the rubber-stamping and bureaucracy that entails) we decided that Ephesus was one of the places we absolutely needed to see. We weren’t disappointed. From the road, you see the amphitheatre cut into the … Continue reading