1st November

All masked up for the "long drop"

All masked up for the “long drop”

Left at 7.30 for the Kalahari. Drove into Rakops and confirmed that there was no diesel. Drove on to Mopipi, 70 k’s further down the road for fuel and then back to Rakops to enter the park. Wind storms everywhere creating lots of dust in the air and whirlwinds. Arrived Sunday Pan camp about 5pm so a long day. Passed a water hole that is near the camp. Absolute carnage, dead, half eaten and rotting animals all around. Not a pretty site. Lions all around the waterhole that looked like their bellies were full and couldn’t move anywhere. Our camp reference was cksun04, the 4 being our spot. There are only 4 spots in Sunday Pan in an area of about a square kilometre. 3 vehicles and about 10 or 12 people were occupying our place. They thought they were in 3, ha ha, which they had booked. They were entrenched but we still asked them to move to their allotted spot. Also they were too many vehicles and people for one spot. We think they had probably booked two different spots but being a long way apart decided to occupy just the one. Not in the spirit of the Kalahari where we all want to feel the isolation of this lovely wilderness.
Our site was on a hillock overlooking the plains, a very beautiful location. Got out the beers to watch the sunset. An extremely windy night, had to move the camper as an overhanging tree branch was scraping the roof. Looking forward to the “long drops” in the morning ! Dinner of BBQ steaks, sauté pots and cauliflower. Bliss.

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Gemsbok

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To tied to move after a big feed

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Sundowners in the Kalahari

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Me and Er live in Devon in a small village with a Thatched Pub

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