Completely landlocked by South Africa lies the mountain kingdom of
Lesotho, land of no fences. I spent only 2 days here, but it was
absolutely magical and very different from the country it is surrounded
by.
I don't want to sound negative about South Africa, but this is how I experienced driving through this wonderful country. The views are amazing but it seems that nowhere you can go into the wild, the sideroads to the left or right are always blocked by gates and fences and it looks like the whole of SA is private property. After spending so many months in West and Central Africa, this is realy hard to get used to, although you can have a wonderfull holiday here, an adventure it is not. And I don't consider myself a tourist anyway, I'm a traveler, and that's a distinct difference.
So I needed to find some rougher place, where I could buy some streetfood or go wildcamping and luckily I quickly found it in the form of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho.
I'm spending the wintermonth of August here in Swakopmund. Most days are sunny however, but Swakop has it's own microclimate and can be cold and misty or even rainy as it is today. Last week we went to Etosha N.P. and visited a farm owned by Anita's family.
Swakop beachside
The list of things to do around here is still long though so I won't get bored before I will restart my journey round Africa in September, first going doing down to South Africa, by then it's the beginning of spring, but probably still very cold and then upwards via Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania and further on to Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.
The bike has been serviced, some parts arrived via the post from Europe and in South Africa I just have to pick up a new front tire and it will be ready for the long way home. Hopefully it will do as well on the way up, with no faults, breaks or even flat tires and then I will need just one oil change and one back tire around Kenya to get me safely in Europe.
Vingerklip
Himba tribe
On the way to etosha we crossed the filmset of Mad Max 4
Etosha N.P.
The waterhole at Halali camp
And a big hello to the guys from antwerp capetown for dropping by:
As you can see I enjoy making video, so here is another one:
Thanks to Yamaha Duneworks in Swakop for the service
