Wednesday, July 06, 2005

animals

So, Namibia. A land with just blue skies and no clouds. Never.

First up was the Etosha National Park. Unlike the wildlife park we visited in Zambia, at this one you were allowed to drive yourself around. So, upon arrival in Tsuemb we duly hired a car. Possibly the smallest car in the world, it was more like a lawnmower on stilts. Maxium speed of 90kmph. Which isn't fast when all the roads are totally straight for miles ahead and there are about 2 other cars operating in the whole country. Any faster and the thing wobbled from side to side.

Nevertheless we made it to the wildlife park. No run-ins with elephants this time. We stayed safely in our car and kept quiet in their vicinity the whole time. The wildife spotting was much the same as South Luanaga, just more plentiful. We now have 2546 photos of zebras as opposed to 1323 that we did before. Another sighting of lions but once again the bloody things refused to stand up and let us take a proper photo (or even see them). Still, they looked fairly big and, well, lionlike anyway.

Rather inconveniently, our arrival in Namibia has coincided with the start of the South African school holidays. Contrary to both my confident prediction that they (the school holidays) would start at the same time as in the UK, plus even the Lonely Planet which said they began in 'late' July, all of a sudden everywhere is filled with hundreds of families. All with the biggest tents and 4x4s ever invented.

Anyway, having posed for nude photos on the Etosha salt pans, we headed south, to the captial, Windhoek. Having dropped the lawnmower off in Tusemb, we were once again on the local transport - a pickup truck which 3 of us, plus umpteen suitcases were squeezed into the back of. Still, it's all part of the experience la la la.

Till the next time..

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