Sunday-
As is normal in the desert and we are more fully realizing,
when the sun sets, the temperature reduces. Last night while we were eating it
became almost cool enough for a light jacket.
The cool night allowed us a good night’s sleep. Talking about
temperatures in the sand – when walking barefooted, the hot sand can burn the
bottom of your feet, but if you wiggle your feet into the sand by 2-3 inches,
it is amazingly cool. We learned this the other morning while looking for
creatures in the desert. They are not
dummies, they bury themselves in 3-4 inches of sand and stay cool.
Today we are driving back to Windhoek, as we are flying out
on Monday. We do not know the conditions
of the roads and we have a total of 550 km (350 mi) to go. We did not rush
leaving Desert Quiver Lodge, but were on the way by 8:30. We had one mountain pass to wind through and
some rough gravel roads, while others were so smooth that we could go 110
km/hr. (65 mi/hr.), but we arrived back in Windhoek at around 4:00pm.
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| Countryside along the Road |
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| A rare Farmhouse |
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| A view from Zarishoogte Pass |
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| Goats Grazing along the Road |
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| Vineyard near Hardap Dam |
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| Wheat Filed near the Dam |
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| Another Quiver tree |
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| Hardap Dam - Notice how low the water level is |
Tonight for dinner we went to Joe’s Beerhouse – What a
totally unique place. “All Roads Lead to
Joe’s”! I don’t even know how to describe this place. It is a very popular spot
with mock olde worlde interior. It is FULL of antiques/junk!/beer bottles/lots
of empty Jägermeister bottles/things are hanging from the ceiling/stuff is
setting everywhere/there is private seating in many little coves/common tables
where you have no idea who will be next to you. We had not made a reservation so we were at
a common table. Two other couples joined us, one from Belgium who have just
arrived in Namibia and a Dutch couple who has just spent 3 weeks in
Namibia. We hope to go back tomorrow
before we go to the airport to take a few photos, as tonight we forgot the
camera.
We will sleep in tomorrow morning. We go to the Windhoek airport
around noon.
Monday –
You can only imagine how dusty our rental vehicle was after
driving on gravel hour after hour. Hertz
Rental, and I am sure all the rest are the same, charge ($35.00) to clean your
vehicle! So this morning we had 2 guys
at our accommodations, wash and vacuum ($7.00) the vehicle before we go to the
airport. They did a thorough job – the
back bed of the 4x4, which had a topper on it, had layer upon layer of dust! - We
kept all of our items in the second seat to avoid the dust!
When we made our first plans, we planned to drive back to
Windhoek from Sossusvlei today. Thank
goodness we changed those plans, as it would have been a rush to get to the
airport. This way we were able to go to
Joe’s Beerhouse before heading to the airport.
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| Our Dusty Isuzu 4x4 |
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| Our Accommodations in Windhoek |
We arrived at the airport with plenty time to spare, in fact
we had to wait in the boarding room for 2 hours before the plane loaded. The plane we were on was an airbus that had
all kinds of open seats. We flew Air
Namibia and the service on the plane is what American airlines used to be. A two-hour flight with beverages and a full
meal.
After clearing passport check and baggage claim we met our
friend at the airport. It was really
great seeing her again. It has been over
two years. The drive to their house is
usually 2 ½ hrs. but because of the traffic it was 3 hrs. today. After arriving we had dinner and turned in
for the night.
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