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Day 7 â?? 8: 14/6/2008 to 15/6/2008
Khorixas â?? Trwyfelfontein â?? Uis
After a night sleeping very well under armed guard and going to the loo very carefully, we started preparing for a round trip via the Petrified Forest to Twyfelfontein and back.
I got a temporary pet for early morning coffee. It followed me around since we arrived.
We just finished coffee when one of the security guards came to tell us that the entourage is going to leave soon and that we must please stay way back from the road. We waited a bit and got these shots and the vehicles sped past.
Interesting people on Khorixas as well. One of the camp employees came over for a chat. He told us that his mother was a Damara, but my father â??Was â??n witman soos jy meneerâ? (a white man like you). All in perfect Afrikaans, of course. Not one English word.
Yet again we distances wrong. The GPS and the map indicated that it would be around a 100km trip, but it turned out to be more than 200km. What the heck. We were on holiday. Who cared?
At the Petrified Forest we were taken around by a guide. There must be a million of these petrified trees in that valley. Amazing.
This one is 30m long up to where it disappears under the ground.
For the first time in our lives we saw welwitchias in the wild.
On the way to Twyfelfontein we saw this mountain.
When we got to the Twyfelfontein turn-off, we unfortunately had to make a call. It was late already and we did not have much fuel left.
We went on and saw a sign. â??Cold refreshmentsâ?. Yip, the same place that POFUNPLOT found. It is called Granietkop Campsite. The gas were still finished and there were no cold beers, but what a nice place.
Contact details:
Information: Maureen Ades Cell: 081 308 0311
Camp: Lukas: 081 327 7160
We wanted to kick ourselves that we were not on our packed bikes. We could have slept there at the drop of a hat.
We packed and left for Uis the next day. In Uis, there is a real â??mineralistâ? - Monty. We traveled all the way there to see what he had in stock.
The road to Uis was OK, but with a lot of riverbeds.
As you get into town, there is a pub type establishment. We parked there and had lovely cold beers. As we got used to during the trip, we had a chat with almost all the locals around. Stephan scored quite a few points because of this military background. Once that was sorted, everyone was ready for a â??kuierâ?.
The campsite at the White Lady was really very nice. I will recommend that to anyone. The owner came out to greet me by hand because I got there on my own steam. 8)
We met a couple who was traveling through Namibia with a 4X4 and an off road trailer at the camp. As it turns out they are living about 10km from us in Centurion.
Cost for camping: R100.
Khorixas â?? Trwyfelfontein â?? Uis
After a night sleeping very well under armed guard and going to the loo very carefully, we started preparing for a round trip via the Petrified Forest to Twyfelfontein and back.
I got a temporary pet for early morning coffee. It followed me around since we arrived.
We just finished coffee when one of the security guards came to tell us that the entourage is going to leave soon and that we must please stay way back from the road. We waited a bit and got these shots and the vehicles sped past.
Interesting people on Khorixas as well. One of the camp employees came over for a chat. He told us that his mother was a Damara, but my father â??Was â??n witman soos jy meneerâ? (a white man like you). All in perfect Afrikaans, of course. Not one English word.
Yet again we distances wrong. The GPS and the map indicated that it would be around a 100km trip, but it turned out to be more than 200km. What the heck. We were on holiday. Who cared?
At the Petrified Forest we were taken around by a guide. There must be a million of these petrified trees in that valley. Amazing.
This one is 30m long up to where it disappears under the ground.
For the first time in our lives we saw welwitchias in the wild.
On the way to Twyfelfontein we saw this mountain.
When we got to the Twyfelfontein turn-off, we unfortunately had to make a call. It was late already and we did not have much fuel left.
We went on and saw a sign. â??Cold refreshmentsâ?. Yip, the same place that POFUNPLOT found. It is called Granietkop Campsite. The gas were still finished and there were no cold beers, but what a nice place.
Contact details:
Information: Maureen Ades Cell: 081 308 0311
Camp: Lukas: 081 327 7160
We wanted to kick ourselves that we were not on our packed bikes. We could have slept there at the drop of a hat.
We packed and left for Uis the next day. In Uis, there is a real â??mineralistâ? - Monty. We traveled all the way there to see what he had in stock.
The road to Uis was OK, but with a lot of riverbeds.
As you get into town, there is a pub type establishment. We parked there and had lovely cold beers. As we got used to during the trip, we had a chat with almost all the locals around. Stephan scored quite a few points because of this military background. Once that was sorted, everyone was ready for a â??kuierâ?.
The campsite at the White Lady was really very nice. I will recommend that to anyone. The owner came out to greet me by hand because I got there on my own steam. 8)
We met a couple who was traveling through Namibia with a 4X4 and an off road trailer at the camp. As it turns out they are living about 10km from us in Centurion.
Cost for camping: R100.
