Both tired and found it hard to get going, so we set off rather late from Rundu. Filled up main and reserve tanks in case fuel not available later. We passed through the northern part of Rundu where there is a bright purple building signed "House of Love. Bicycle Empowerment Centre". Not quite sure what to make of that.
So finally we were on a road that we hadn't travelled previously. This area has a lot more large green trees and generally looks far more fertile than anywhere else we have seen in Namibia. Under the trees you still see orange coloured sandy earth, though. It's not like an English woodland (well, no reason why it would be). The scenery was much the same for the 207km we traveled, with many small villages. These were mostly build of wood and reeds: smallish compounds with several small thatched buildings within. Perhaps how one might expect an African village to look.
We filled up again at Divundu, just to be on the safe side, and I had a quick look in the garage supermarket. Not a great deal of variety in there, but a vast quantity of sugar. After the filling station we turned right at a junction and shortly afterwards started to see the Okavango River. We are camping at Nunda Safari Lodge, which is very nice. After getting rather stressed with all the odds and ends we felt we needed to do, we wandered down to the bar on the river, checked our schedule and decided to stay for an extra night. After 4 days of travel with extra jobs to do every day we had been getting a bit fed up, so a relaxing evening followed by a slower day was needed. We spent a lovely couple of hours by the river, drinks in hand, watching the sun go down and spotting a few new birds, before heading back to the campsite to cook.
So finally we were on a road that we hadn't travelled previously. This area has a lot more large green trees and generally looks far more fertile than anywhere else we have seen in Namibia. Under the trees you still see orange coloured sandy earth, though. It's not like an English woodland (well, no reason why it would be). The scenery was much the same for the 207km we traveled, with many small villages. These were mostly build of wood and reeds: smallish compounds with several small thatched buildings within. Perhaps how one might expect an African village to look.
We filled up again at Divundu, just to be on the safe side, and I had a quick look in the garage supermarket. Not a great deal of variety in there, but a vast quantity of sugar. After the filling station we turned right at a junction and shortly afterwards started to see the Okavango River. We are camping at Nunda Safari Lodge, which is very nice. After getting rather stressed with all the odds and ends we felt we needed to do, we wandered down to the bar on the river, checked our schedule and decided to stay for an extra night. After 4 days of travel with extra jobs to do every day we had been getting a bit fed up, so a relaxing evening followed by a slower day was needed. We spent a lovely couple of hours by the river, drinks in hand, watching the sun go down and spotting a few new birds, before heading back to the campsite to cook.