We left Etosha for Hoada campground, about 40 km east of Palmwag. We drove through Kamanjab and made a quick stop there for gas/water/airtime (our airtime/data packages expire every 7 days—grr).
Hoada was a lovely, dry place with amazing white trees growing out of the rocks.
When we arrived, I asked my usual: Is there anything dangerous? Snakes, scorpions, wild animals? Well, the manager said (not a fortuitous beginning!), there are scorpions, spitting cobras, puff adders, and pythons, but we haven’t seen a snake for a couple of days. Hmm.
Despite the potential for death, we spent two quiet, beautiful, peaceful days camping in the rocks.
We drove from Hoada through Palmwag to Ongongo Hot Springs. It was a stunning drive over a pass that dropped us into vast desert and hills. The road dipped through gullies and dry river beds. We saw desert elephants and giraffes.
Ongongo Hot Springs isn’t what I imagined, but it is beautiful and quiet. We have two dogs that have adopted us, and invited themselves for breakfast, lunch and dinner— rusks, ham sandwich complete with mayo, and veg curry this evening. They cleaned their plates. The goats wander through, grazing along the brook; one was on the stone wall above our sink eating branches from the overhanging tree. We have birds, shade, and cooler weather.
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| Sniffing for any last bits of curry |
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| Just passing through |
Tomorrow onward toward Tylfelfontein!
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