Kategorie: Allgemein
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Himba
Die Himba, erkennbar an ihrer rotbraun-gefärbten Haut, den lehmigen Zöpfen und der nur aus einem Lendenschurz bestehenden Kleidung, sind die letzten Nomaden Namibias. Als Viehzüchter, Jäger und Sammler leben sie auf beiden Seiten des Kunene, also sowohl in Nord-Namibia als auch in Süd-Angola – und passieren den Fluss ohne Krokodilangriffe und ohne Passkontrollen.
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River Camp
We had been looking forward to a bath in the Cunene River as according to one of our books crocodiles avoid the area right after a waterfall. When we saw the footprints we knew that crocs don’t read German books.
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Northbound
So far we had been driving in a westward direction. Having reached the west coast of Angola (and as our Toyo is not a ship), we turn to the north (blue line) along the coast. We know that there are route sections where the distance between the dunes of the Namib desert and the Atlantic…
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Foz do Cunene
Again we are at the most south-western point of a country. Foz do Cunene, the „mouth“ of the River where the marriage of the sweat river with the salty sea gives birth to the wind. And really: close to blowing us away. Although there are only three houses, we have to register at the police…
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Doodsakker – The Death Acre – Todesacker
Some call it Road to Hell. And on Youtube you can find enough proof points that and how one can fail. No wonder we all had been a bit nervous when we started on a sunny morning, October 30 – a day before New Moon. The name “Doodsakker” goes back to the time when the…
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Seals
The only sad experience along these 150 km of deserted beach: Approximately every kilometer you find a young seal. Very cute, but: Their mother died or was killed by fishermen and these young Robberg seals will have no chance to survive.
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We made it
3 days, 150 km along the coast line. Deep sand and spiky rocks. Dry sand and wet sand. No Orca and luckily no opposing traffic. No other human beings at all. We reached the city of Tombua (the bureaucracy of Angolan police we experienced here would be another story …) and finally arrived it the…
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Flamingo Lodge
Thanks to Kristy and Nathan for hosting us and giving us plenty of time to reduce adrenaline levels, to swim & walk, to read & chat, to sleep & …. Not to forget food and drinks: the catch of the day and the beer from Angola, wine from South-Africa and liquid malaria prophylaxis (Queen Mom’s…
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A new direction
Changing direction again (now the green route – heading back to Namibia): In the next days we’ll have a contrastive schedule: Cities instead of beaches and rivers, people instead of seals and dolphins.