My heroes in Opuwo

Today I asked a youngster (security guy) at Opuwo Country Lodge camping if he wants my tent. He looked at me soooo bright and he just uttered 'yes'. So I gave him my tent. He was so happy that he was almost crying. He said that I've realized his biggest dream. 'Now I have my house', he said. 'You gave me a house. I'm so happy'. I've told the guy that it's was my biggest pleasure and that I am really happy even more happy than him as I know that the tent will be in right hands. We almost started arguing who is more happy... :) Anyway, his name is Mbimbo, he is Himba and he is around 18 (I suppose, I didn't ask). He lives in a small village Ofeoupaua 20 kms north of Opuwo. So if you see a green tent with sign 'Easy camping', that is his tent now. It has been served me for a long time in Africa and it's still in good condition. I have another one.

Today I've also noticed that my motorbike has got an injury. The frame at the back where the suitcase is attached to it was broken and it would probably fall off if we've wouldn't weld it right away. It looks that the last road from Sesfontein to Opuwo gave my bike a lot of pressure. Bobi was really kind and he welded my frame well I hope. Thank you Bobi, you are my hero.

Capital of Kaokoland

Opuwo Country Hotel

Resting

Dirty bike

Himba Moms in Opuwo
are buying it

Camping site no. 4

With Bobi The Welder

With Mbimbo, new home owner

No speed limit and Gyroscope effect

Yesterday I arrived to a farm called Aussicht in Kaokoland, north west Namibia, 70 km south of Opuwo. For last 5 kms I needed 30 minutes as the road is so bad that I couldn't drive in average more than 10 km/h. It was also very steep. On the way I saw all these funny signs as 'No speed limit' and ‘The road will be tared next week’. :) The farm is on top of the hill / mountains from where I had a nice view of surrounding hills. The owner lives here for last 26 years but he turned the farm into tourist farm only 10 years ago. It is self-catering but you can book a dinner with owner even if you are just camping. Otherwise meals are included in price if you stay in the rooms. I was camping.

There is a big problem with water in this area. Last year they've got just 250 mm of rainfall per square meter, this year might be even worse, as it they've got just 70 mm by now and it's already May. All of the water on the farm is collected from rain. If it's very dry for a long time, the owner will be forced to bring the water from more than 10 kms away. The water is transported by so-called water-vehicles. I wonder how the Himba tribe is coping with water problem as they have no cars. I will discover this later, probably in following days.

We had some interesting talk at the dinner with the owner Marius and two other guests from campsite, Franz and Anita from Freiburg, Germany. Marius explained one theory why Namibia has such an incredible geological surface. As the scientists claim that many milions years were needed to Gondwana continent (Africa and South America together) split into two continents, Marius (Aussicht lodge) beleives it was a huge meteorite which hit the Earth +-8000 millions years ago. So everything happened fast. That explains fossils. The explains unbelievable landscapes in Namibia and also Northern Cape and Western Cape in South Africa. When meteorite hit the surface, a large quantitiy of water splashed from the ground. Ocean between the new continents was created right after. That is prooved by shapes of the mountains which are all parallel to the sea. As meteroite gave Earth huge shock-momentum, Earth started to spin around its axis differentely and under a certain angle, with so called Gyroscope effect. That explains climate changes. We had different position to the sun for a long time. As the angle is coming back to more vertical position now, that's why we feel climate is changing so fast in recent years. So the Earth is just going back to normal spinning position to the sun as it was before the meteorite hit our planet.

So no worries, the Earth is not heading to any climate catastrophy. The catastrophy is hidden in humans, greedy humans. Climate change and following industry is more an invention of the new world system how to collect more money and how to enslave more people to serve to the system. But as money value is in danger to completelly collapse in next few years, there will be more suicides and new wars. So it will be very interesting and hectic around here on this planet. Only if we humans finally decide to start to use common sense again. And it must be started by each individual. 

In every step we just need to start to use common sense and we will see how many stupid things we are doing every day. Just because we are scared, unsecure or maybe just lazy.

Filling station in Sesfontein

Red rocks

Aussicht lodge, south of Opuwo

Aussicht lodge, south of Opuwo

Aussicht lodge, south of Opuwo

Aussicht lodge, south of Opuwo

Marius Steiner on the right

Little Himba

Damaraland and desert elephants

Uh, another hot day in Damaraland, Namibia and a lot of driving yesterday. From Uis to Twyfelfontein. On the way I visited EHRA campsite which is run by Johannes from Swakopmund and his girlfriend Rachel. Unfortunally none of them was there. I met Johannes in October 2011 in Tanzania and we went sailing in Mozambique. 

Just before Twyfelfontein at Aba Huab camping site I bumped into a singing competition, sponsored by Standard bank. Local groups were singing and dancing, it was very nice and big fun.

Today I drove to see few thousand years old bushmen paintings in Twyfelfontain. After that I drove to Palmwag to pour some gasoline into my thirsty bike and checked also lodge over there. After that I drove to Khowarib, all on gravel roads. All together around 250 kms today.

I am camping at community campsite in Khowarib tonight. No desert elephants spotted by now but many springbok running paralel with me while driving. It is very windy here at the camping during the night.

Damara(land) ferrari

My friend's Joe camp

Bought baboon stick @EHRA

Damaraland has water problem 

Damaraland lizzard

Road sculptures

Damaraland roads and hills

Somewhere on the road

Somewhere on the road

Natural sculptures

Sign

Speed limit

Sprite unleaded

Palmwag

Palmwag

Time for rest

Nice gravel roads

Before Twfelfontein

Living museum

Singing competition in Aba Huab

Singing competiton

Strong wind during the night
and also in the morning

Organ pipes

Twyfelfontein lodge

Uis and White Lady

I am still in Namibia. I stayed four days in Swakopmund, on the west coast of Africa. Pretty nice town but not so very German as I expected. After Swakopund I drove to little town Uis in Damaraland. It took me around 3 hours, including short stop in Henties bay. The road was leading me just next to Skeleton coast, famous coast of ship wrecks. I visitef little town of Henties bay, then I turned right to the gravel road. And wow! It was one of the most beautiful gravel roads I experienced on my way in Namibia. 120 kms of almost gliding above the road, so smooth.

Uis is special town and tiny. It's only 100 people living here in center and on the other side of the hill another 3000. I've stayed in Uis for second night in a row now and I don't have time to write about it. I am very happy that I met Basil, the ower of Brandeburg Rest Camp right away. He's a great guide. I also have some company of three girls from Cape town and George from Greece arrived again on his BMW.

Skeleton Coast

Henties bay

To Damaraland

Before Uis

Cake @ Cactus coffee shop

Basil, owner of B. Rest Camp

view of Brandeberg behind

Pigmetit

Highest mountain in Namibia

Dune close to Uis

Road to White Lady

White Lady parking

On the way to White Lady

4000 year old bushman painting