Awoke to cloudy (?) sunrise which made for some dramatic snaps before packing up and heading off for some different sand – the seaside stuff!!
Called into Solitaire again to fill up with petrol – never pass a station by it says in the guide!!
The scenery gradually changed from dunes and hills either side to rolling countryside which had the appearance of being green but in reality was merely grass tuft in the sand! Stopped off at the Tropic of Capricorn road sign – hard to believe back into the tropics again though definitely not rainforest country with only the Kuiseb Canyon as any sign that it does rain sometimes ! an eerie descent into a huge canyon complex followed by at least an hours driving across striking rock formations before emerging out into more desert – this time proper stuff with mile after mile (or rather km after km) of unrelenting sand stretching on and on into the distance.
lone tree
Passed first hitchhiker of the trip but having stopped only a couple of km down the road for lunch i saw he caught a lift in the back of a truck so he didn’t have to wait long – it was at least 120 km from anywhere – how did he get there??!!
Highlight of the day: apart from the hitchhiker another mad cyclist this time alone and hunkered up beneath a sunshade at 2pm in the afternoon taking a respite – he was at least 100 km from Walvis Bay and nothing in the way of any sort of large town for at least 200km!!.... mad !!!.
Late post – another highlight bumping into an old work colleague Dave Rodwell and his wife from Hillier Parker days (1985-87) in the Tug restaurant – life is indeed a small world!!!!
Disappointment of the day: - losing bet with myself about the number of cars seen in first hour – I said 4 – it was 2!!
Off to Okonjima tomorrow to shoot some cheetahs from the Cheetah Kingdom series on ITV!!! Oh and its a public holiday here so only petrol stations open – hope breakfast is good as it may otherwise be haribos for lunch again!!
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