Today at breakfast we all sing Happy Birthday to Raynee who is 60 today. She is showered with presents! Service is super fast this morning. They got the message. Today it’s a relatively short 150km drive up the coast then turn right into the desert on the way to the Brandberg Mountains. First bit is dead straight NNW to Henties Bay. On the way we stop off to see a new addition to the skeleton coast – the three year old wreck of a fishing boat. Then a bit further on it’s desert lichens. Apparently the tyre tracks from the German expeditionary forces from the 1920s can still be seen carving their way through the gravel. After Henties Bay (a one horse town built around the German Herr Henties who went fishing here) it’s a right turn inland and NE on the C35 for 120km. Immediately we are back in the gravel desert and we can see the Brandbergs over a 100km away! Rising up to 2,573m this is the highest mountain in Namibia. A single solid pink granite plug of magma left behind after an ancient volcano was eroded away some 130m years old….
We get to the White Lady Lodge around 2.00pm and have lunch then its off to the (very) basic campsite to put up our tents. It is very much hotter here. Fabulous views of the mountauins from the amazing desert gardens around the pool. We are joined by the pet Meerkat, who likes being stroked. Quick dip in the freezing pool and its more drinks all round.
Staff singing happy biryhday to Raynee. Big cake. Traditional singing brings tears to everyone’s eyes…
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