Fish River Canyon

It was quite a windy night on Sunday which resulted in a cool morning so we slept in till just before 7 🙂

After saying googbye to Giel we went into town again to see if we could draw some money. Everything was offline when we arrived on Sunday (no cellphone signal, no ATM or creditcard transactions). Fortunatley things were working again.

It was a short drive to Fish River Canyon. We booked in at the Canon Roadhouse for camping. We arrived there at the same time as Thomas who was traveling on a bicycle. Taking a whole campsite was a bit costly for him so we offered to share.

After a beer and pitching the tent it was midday, so we headed off to go see the Canyon. It was quite an experience for me. You cannot grasp how vast it is from looking at photos. The views over the Canyon are amazing. We took Thomas along with us. He was planning to cycle around there the following day but decided it might be easier to catch a lift. He has been cycling for 2 years and a bit and has covered 44000km already. He is currently working his way down to Cape Town where his journey ends (for now). We thought he was crazy but there are apparently other people who do this as well!

While driving around we met 2 German girls who were on their way to Luderitz from the Canyon. So we gave them the map we had and suggested they stay at Kratzplatz 🙂

Back at camp we hit the pool. The facilities at the Roadhouse are top notch. A German couple brought their children for a swim. One of them managed to loose her costume in the pool and noone seemed to be able to find it. So in true Andre style the diving gear is hauled out and he starts snorkeling for it. After a while of following the curves of the pool I suggested he try the middel and sure enough he found it. So happy kiddies. I then also showed them were we had camped and visited.

We also met 2 Italian girls who spoke fluent German. They come from an area that used to be part of Austria. We ran into them again later that evening at the bar where they tried to teach Andre some Italian. We also picked up a nice tip about a buchery at the Canon road lodge on our way back to Noordoever from one of the other visitors.