Celtic Rover
Namib not yet Namibia …..
We continue to enjoy Angola more on the adventurous side in the last few days. We have left behind the forests and the green countryside of the north and made our way to the Namib desert, which confusingly is mostly in Angola not Namibia along with the town of Namib!
Here the desert meets the sea and we are lucky enough to see Whales from a lighthouse on a point which also has a nice beach haven for Turtle conservation where we spend another free night. The conservation wardens are very friendly and Google translate is put to good use again.
Getting to the point was another matter, the track ran out on us at one point, deep sand in other places and some tricky rock step sections had me concentrating hard for an hour and a half. We are in the desert landscape of the himba people the guys and girls wearing traditional colourful skirts appearing from nowhere walking across the desert.
Today after two days in the desert we head back to the green interior and climb 1600m into the cool air including the stunning Leba pass with its seemingly impossible switchbacks carved out of the mountains, we did not get a good photo as the top was in the clouds so I borrowed one from the internet, it was as spectacular as the Stélvio in Italy.
Tonight we are camped at the top of the pass having tried and failed to replace a gas strut on the roof (unusual Gerry prep fail as I got slightly the wrong size spare and fitting). Still works with the other three, one for the repair list in Windhoek
Next post should be from country 71, Namibia proper and my final country on this leg of the trip!
