Saturday 28 January 2017

BLOG 19 - DAY 48, 49 & 50

DAY 48 - Australia Day
 After an early morning we stopped at a mall ( the last one we have access to for 2 days)  to stock up on Australia day alcohol and snacks at a huge SuperSpar. Sav and I went looking for a phone store as she had dropped and broken her phone the day before but no luck. It was super hot so we got KFC Krushers- yum. In this heat even the breeze from the windows doesn't help. Once we arrived at our campsite at Etosha we went for a gamedrive in Kavango ( our tour truck/ home for 2 months). After a few drinks in celebration of Australian Days with our Aussie members we walked down to the watering hole but didn't see anything. While sleeping many heard lions and hyenas- I didn't, I slept like a rock.

DAY 49
 A day of game drives. The morning was very quiet and we didn't see much other than jackals. A pool stop at a camp nearby was very necessary and absolutely wonderful. The second half of the game drive was full of action as we saw seven lions ( 2 looked heavily pregnant and another had a big gash across her face) and three rhinos One of the rhinos only had one ear.

DAY 50
While leaving Etosha we had to cook some of our pork on the side of the road due to health regulations. 420KMs of driving, sleeping and snacks. We arrived at Spitzkoppe around 3:30 and began exploring the rock paintings that are over 2000years old and were told about how things like toothbrushes and paper were made using certain trees.  We all decided a night sleeping out on the rocks under the stars would be fantastic. For sunset a couple of us climbed/maneuvered up a huge rock to watch the sunset and take many photos and we were later joined by the others. Having lots of fun with self timers we took many funny photos and wrote out ACACIA and then AFRICA using our bodies with the sunset behind us. After a delicious dinner and a very competitive game of "Justins African Trivial Pursuit" we carried our mats and sleeping stuff up the side of the smaller rock toa spot that was semi-flat. The view of the stars was breathtaking and after an attempt of light art photography we went to sleep.

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