Day 23 - It's not just Australia that's had flooding problems

Citrusdal (South Africa) to Noordoewer (Namibia)  – Felix Unite Campsite.

Another day of driving, the landscape is very similar to many parts of Australia.We had planned to stop at Springbok for the night but when we had a look at the town and the campsite we thought we would be pretty bored so decided to keep on driving. We picked Viooldrif as our night stop as all the camping guides said it was in South Africa. We planned to spend a big night on the internet using up the last of the data allocation we had bought for the iPhone. However what we actually arrived at was the border to Namibia, so we had no option but to cross over. 

South Africa had generally been quite coolish, early 20’s during the day and chilly at night so we were shocked to get out of the van and into a furnace! K asked the police (who were very friendly and chatty) how hot it was and they said “quite cool, 35 or 36, we are used to 45 – 50”. Now K was wondering how she was going to cope with Africa as from here on in we are just heading north and it’s going to get hotter! The customs police also did a “customs inspection” – it just turned out to be another case of them wanting a guided tour of the campervan!

After crossing the border we found Namibia to be totally desolate, moonscapeish, not unlike Coober Pedy and the Breakaways. We found the delightful Felix Unite campsite to stay at for the evening, a beautiful oasis on the Orange River. It would take a huge amount of water (from the river) to make the grass and plants grow as well as they do. The owner of the camp also told us that Namibia had just had more rain than he has ever seen (sound familiar?) – so the green Namibia that we will be seeing is quite different to normal.