HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD & AUNTY DOT – Hope your 82nd birthdays are awesome, sorry we are not in Durban to celebrate with you but we are thinking of you.
We left Aus at 8:00 (still trying to get used to the hour time difference, we arel an hour ahead of ourselves, hence the early start) and took an easy 360km drive, along back roads, to Sesriem. On today’s drive we encountered very different vegetation; wheat coloured grass, trees and mountain passes, it was very picturesque.
It is hard to believe planet earth has an overpopulation problem. In 5 hours we encountered a City Golf, a broken down truck and a herdsman with 2 cows. On similar trips, in Botswana, we have driven for 2 days at a time without encountering another human being.
We arrived at Sesriem around 2:00 and booked into the Sossus Oasis Camp site – this is luxury; we have our own ‘bathroom’ and electricity. In addition there is a swimming pool, Robs and I headed for our first swim in the desert. In 35deg weather, this is a real treat.
Our afternoon drive took us into Sossusvlei Park, this park boasts the highest dunes in the world. The white desert sands of Luderitz are in sharp contrast to the orange sands of this desert area. We travelled for 60km amongst the mountainous dunes. We then hiked up into the dunes and took loads of pictures. Graeme and I eventually sat in the shade of a dune and watched Robs hike up and roll down one of the highest dunes.
Robs is loving this holiday: she is always busy; exploring, soaking up knowledge about the areas we visit and in the evening she scrapbooks and writes a journal about the days happenings. I really miss Ga and Kirst, can’t wait for them to join us!!!!!!!!!!
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