Cows, with bells, kept walking past the campsite, dogs barking and chickens making noises kept us awake during the night.

We left the site – the roads are made with Dolomite, a very white gravel, and are in good condition. We have a vet stop outside of Grootfontine- there is no red meat allowed- we have a few packets so it is confiscated- funny that we were allowed to take it over the border but not here.

The roads are very straight and dusty!

We take a detour to see the Hoba meteorite -the largest found in the world! it is fairly large in size and is metallic – we had photos. Brendan sat on it, taking his feet off the ground… he wasn’t on Earth anymore – but only on a space rock.

We pass through the town of Tsumeb – this is very modern – it has double lanes which are lined with cycad palms- very impressive.

We fuel up here, and the fuel attendant goes round cleaning our car’s windows. He repeatedly scrubbed and wiped, until he was satisfied, he had removed every speck of dirt/ bugs etc from the windows, headlights and wiper blades. He was meticulous. Then raced off before we could give him a tip! We waited for him to come back out, so we could tip him. Probably the only time where we have tipped and not felt uncomfortable about it.

Then we look for the local supermarket (Spar) to stock up before going to Etosha NP. Just as we hoped out of the car, three men, in their mid 20’s, walk past, and call out that they hope we are enjoying touring Namibia, and hope we have good travels. Namibian people are so welcoming!

We continue on till we find our campsite (just before the Etosha NP)- it has an impressive entrance.

We sign in and I notice they have cake – oh yeah- I haven’t had cake in forever, so we set up in the heat then go over to the lodge area for drinks and cake – bugger no cake left! Of course, they don’t let me know this until we have our drinks already… There are Dik Dik antelope & mongoose at the waterhole, so we watch them for a while. We go for a swim to cool off before dinner.

This is our best campsite yet – we have our own shower (and yes hot water!) and toilet, washing up area, and a bit of shade.