On top of the 240m high « Big Daddy » dune with David
NAMIBIA
Day 1 : FISH RIVER CANYON
Crossing the border from South Africa to Namibia
Merril (a good friend to have : gas attendant)
…and his colleagues
Once one leaves the highway…
Fish River Canyon (2nd biggest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon)
SBM enjoying the absolute silence…
Sandy & Shaun (from Australia)
Canon Roadhouse
Martha & Astrid
…is that an SBM license plate down there?
Mufti (SleepingCatMan)
Days 2-3 : AUS & LUEDERITZ
« Don’t leave us SBM we want you to stay… »
On the road again…
To the untrained eye this is a mere yellow line…
…but to SBM’s keen eye this is a rare occasion…
…to see the infamous Namibian Stealth Banana !
SBM must be quick as lightning to catch this most dangerous and combative fruit…
…the battle is long but SBM manages to bite it’s head off. SBM is grateful as this…
…prized meal will enable him to travel for 70 days without food or water !
Gas attendants (Part II)
…selling vegetable ivory
Klein Aus Vista Hotel…
…in Aus
After 15 minutes two horses appear…
The famed Namibian Wild Horses
…and drink from the water source
Goodbye wild horses…
Johannes & Jessica (Germany)
Hello new friends…
Return to SBM’s Lodge at Eagle’s Nest for a BBQ with Johannes & Jessica
Some South African white wine(s)…
BBQ time
…and some Namibian crayfish
The next morning departure for the Ghost Town of Kolmanskop (abandonded 1956 because a better diamond site was found further south)
Then a drive around…
Johannes & Jessica (again)
…Luederitz Bay with…
Luederitz Lighthouse
Diaz Cross
Days 4-5 : THE NAMIB DESERT
Entering the Desert
Oh another ostrich…
The first red sand dunes…
The view from SBM’s room at The Desert Homestead
The next morning 5am departure to see the sunrise on the dunes
David (our guide) & J&J
Dune #45 (90m high)
The « little walk » up Big Daddy
Why don’t you…
…follow me…
…in the sand ?
Victory is mine…
What…
…is so…
…funny…
…David ?
Johannes
Jessica
Several methods to descend a dune (some recommended and some NOT recommended):
(A) Walking
(B) Surfing
…without a board !
(C) Running
(D) Rolling
Big Daddy as seen from the middle of Deadlvlei
Deadvlei (Dead Lake)
Days 6-8 : Swakopmund & Windhoek
The road to Swakopmund
Another SBM fan
Swakopmund
Peter the Pilot
Pleasure flight along the coast and to…
…Sossusvlei (610 km / 2:15 hours)
Big Daddy from the air (24 hours later)
SBM the co-pilot
The abandoned Holsatia mine
Shaunee shipwreck (1976)
Ankje & Octavia (from Germany)
Sundown in Swakopmund
The road to Windhoek
Windhoek – The Alte Kirche (Old Church)
DISCLAIMER : SleepingBagMan has no affiliation whatsoever with DC Comics and the SBM slogan is to be solely understood as a parody of the Superman slogan.
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