We woke up before the sun this morning and were forced to get ready in darkness as the house had no power, we later found out that it was because you actually have to go to the stotre and buy power credits in Cape town and They had run out of thier credits. It's like pay as you go electricity! We made it to the airport is perfect time and pretty much walked right onjto the plane after returning the car and booking another rental for when we got back to cape town. The flight over South Africa and Namibia had some nice scenery and we since we had had window seats (never again) we were able to enjoy it. The flight to Windhoek was 2 hours and we arrived no problem. It was funny to see a gun check counter in the airport right after we got through customs. Our pick up for the rental truck was waiting with a name sign so after picking up our GPS and Jeff buying some biltong (dried meat) of Oryx,Kudu, andSpringbok, we were off to Windhoek to pick up the truck.
Once I get home I will post a picture of the truck we drove and slept in for our time in Namibia. It was a pick-up truck that had been modified to be a camper with the tents unfolding on the roof of the truck. It was a great truck.
After picking up the truck, we went to a nearby mall to get some food and supplies...we first stopped at a german restaurant for lunch which took longer then we thought and set us back a bit. The menu consisted of more sprinbok, and the unfortunately named Lange Weiner. Then getting groceries and money took longer than we thought which set us back even further. It was 2:30 by the time we left Windhoek for the drive to Waterberg National Park, about 300km away. This wouldn't have been a concern except we needed to make it there before sunset when the gates to the park closed. It was a race against the sun and when were about 10km away form the park we started making plans as to where we would sleep on the side of the road and if we would set up the tents...we were actually freaking out, altough some showed it more then others. In the end we made it before they closed the gates and we set uop our tents in the dark. We didn't feel like cooking so we went to find the restaurant. We wandered down to reception but there was no restaurant there, however a man polishing rifles told us to walk up the hill about 10 min and we would find. As we walked down a pitch black road in the middle of an African NAtional Park, we pondered how it may not have been the smartest thing to listen to the guy polishing rifles when he tells you to walk somewhere in the dark. Eventually we found the restaurant and started our camping trip meal plan by roughing it with a meal of Crocodile steak, Game steak, and Pork chops...A really good meal in a really nice restaurant...Maybe camping won't be so bad.
At dinner the park to9ur guides came over to say hello and managed to book a morning safari for the 5:30am next day. It working out perfectly. The stars here are unbelievable. None of us have seen anything like it. No light pollution at all. It's amazing
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