Klein-Aus Vista: Desert Horse Inn and Eagle_s Nest Lodge Namib-Naukluft Park

... will never decompose or destruct, unless maliciously done by humans, because there are no micro-organisms present to decompose anything that is there. <br><br>And then there are the dunes themselves which are said to be the world&#8217;s highest. The dunes are located 55 km. (34 mi.) from the coast are created from sand blowing westward from the Kalahari desert in Botswana to the Atlantic Ocean, and then carried by northward by the Atlantic current ...

... fire for warmth. And that night, Brittany woke up with Lindsey on top of her. Lindsey's explanation: "I was just trying to keep warm." Our faces and feet were numb and we were so ready to sleep in a room with four walls and not a tent.<br><br>The next morning, to warm up, Brittany and Lindsey took a walk to the fancy lodge and enjoyed a nice morning drink before spending yet another day on the truck.

To Betta, 409 ks<br><br>The roads in Namibia are good. Mostly groomed shingle but they can, and will catch you out as Dave found out. <br><br>I was waiting for Dave at one intersection and he did not show up so i rode back to find him. The BMW was in a heap in the middle of the road with the panniers and stuff on the side of the road. Dave was OK but the boxes were bent and the bike would not ...

Namtib Biosphere 14th &amp; 15th July 2009<br><br>To reach our destination we had to travel back along the B4, then take the C13 north and turn left onto the D707, and follow the signs to Namtib Biosphere Reserve. Namtib is only a short drive of about 100 kms from Aus, a very pleasant journey with plenty of sights to photograph. As we drove into the Namtib Biosphere Nature Reserve we started ...

Klein Aus Vista 13th July 2009<br><br>From Norotshama we had to continue on the C13 to Aus. First though we had to stop at Rosh Pinah to have the exhaust repaired. In town we asked directions for garage repairs and arrived at a small building where we were told that yes they would be able to do it but it would take about 3/4 hours. Within 4 hours 4 men had dismantled the exhaust, put it back together and welded it all for ...

... sleep. We arrived at the campsite we are in now and Rocko and I upgraded. We both really needed to sleep in a bed tonight and weren't willing to face a cold night in the tent. As I am writing it is about 8:45pm and most people are in bed. So different here because you find yourself going to sleep when the sun goes down because there is none of the artificial light that you have back home. Love and miss everyone! Brett and Robin

Left Swakopmund at ridiculous o clock because tour guy James didnt listen to anyone so we all missed the chance of a great breakfast by leaving at 7am to head into the dessert for Dune 45. This is a large sand dune named because its the 45th dune from the site gate and is 45 km from the gate. At the camp site it was very hot, dry and the place has a jackal, scorpion and plant with thick spikes problem so it time to pay attention. Wasted 3 hours here because ...

We awoke in the morning, and Hiro-Yuki announced that he had no plans on ditching the trip. I can't tell you how relieved I was to hear that since he was the only one who could really drive at this point. We took the drive to Sossusvlei with the wind quite literally and luckily at our back, and arrived there in plenty of time for sunrise. We had to wait at the gate until the sun came up, but were finally able to drive through. Sossusvlei is famous ...

We crossed the border into Namibia, where Dee went for a quick toilet stop behind a bush. Only to come back later and learn that the bush was actually the second most dangerous plant in Namibia as it used to be used by the bushman for their poison arrows and to this day, still has no know cure. Pete was not impressed! Here we saw another tree, which was used by the bushman to make the quiver, which holds the poison arrows. Travelled north to Fish River Canyon ...