16th August. Windhoek

14th August. Spitzkoppe,
Last night we were at the camp site on a deserted stretch of shoreline overlooking the waters of the Atlantic. Tonight we are a 100kms inland on what has been called the best camp site in the country. Run by the local community the camp site covers a good 3 sq kms in and around these massive granite hills. In Australia they would be called mountains. Each camping spot is tucked in amongst the rock separated from each other by a couple of hundred metres or more. You just drive around until you find a site that appeals. The side of the hills are covered by boulders some weighing hundreds of tonnes and which, you would think, could roll down on you at any time. There are no showers apart from ones back at the entrance and there are only long drop toilets interspersed here and there. You have to bring everything in with you. The silence is overwhelming, apart from the birds calling.
Tomorrow we drive the short distance to Windhoek, the capital where we will spend a couple of days.
We will be a further week or so in Namibia but it is turning out as one of our favourite African countries and one we could easily come back to for a couple of months. The only other one we think of along the these lines is Ethiopia.