After one crossing although the front cab filled up with water coming in the through the doors we did make it to the other side. With the situation only worsening we see a sign for Xaragu Campsite, I couldn’t believe it but as we entered we crossed a large but dry river bed. Between Charlie and I we had just enough rand for two outside tent chalets, and whilst a member of staff showed us in the pouring rain these tents we heard a roar as the water reached our dry river bed and our instant river several metres deep appeared. If we had arrived even ten minutes later we wouldn’t have made it to the campsite.
Incidentally, anyone reading this that was part of the 2005/6 tour will remember this camp. Geoff towed a broken down Toyota to this site one morning. A monkey in the garden and a puff adder in the bar. Goats walking through the restaurant, and of course all sorts of animals wandering through the campsite.
Chris, Martins, Charlie, George, Harry and Henny two evenings later at Swakopmund Brauhaus, a good recommendation for good food and beer.
Monday the 9th February you could expect a quiet evening, but no here it was full.
We went to the bar for some stew and a local Farmer from Windhoek who also did Namibian Tours greeted us and bought us all a beer. These Africans boys very friendly but enormous made us all feel very small. During the day they had helped recover a Toyota that had died due to the rain. The owners, had a motor bike and had tried to get help, but the bike got washed away in a flash river they tried to cross. This was found later as the river subsided, further down stream.
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