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The Epic Journey Continues - Part 7

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After catching up on some washing, the past few days, and taking some pictures in Windhoek and surrounds, we headed out latish. See the nice, oversized piston to your left? A map, just for consistency Funny: German City names in the middle of nowhere :) Because we were only going to travel to Stampriet, there was not a rush to get going. In Stampriet we again asked for a space at one place, which was full, but found a room at the Historical Guesthouse.   They had a lot of parrots, but even more importantly, they had a porcupine. A baby, mind you, but a porcupine nonetheless. They are quite grumpy, but funny. After taking a dip in the pool, ordering cocktails and an amazing dinner with tipsy tart as dessert, we just fell into bed. Such is holiday and life :0 The sunset was beautiful. The next morning, we decided to book into Kgalagdi, since we had a feeling that they were going to be full. We found a place at Nossob. S

The Epic Journey continues - Part 6

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Day 6 -8 The Ai-Ais breakfast was awesome! As with all these places, the buffet is not to be sneezed at. We then headed into the outdoor pool - at least 35 Degrees. That is our kind of temperature. We spent quite a while inside and then tested the ones inside. They were colder :)! Packed our things and headed out. The road was scenic and empty.  We met some tiny wildlife (spot the lizard)  Something that could be wildlife but wasn't ;)  Someone who definitely wasn't wildlife :)  A few dustclouds from fellow travellers   At the Roadside cafe we had a coffee and an Amarula Cheesecake. Yummy  I also almost ook this piece of "wildlife" with me :) Heading into Keetmanshoop we had it on "Mommy authority" that the Quivertree Forest and Giant's Playground was something to still see, so we made the detour. We spent quite a bit of time in the forest in the lovely heat The