Fish River Canyon, Namibia

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Us, dwarfed by Fish River Canyon

We had a little issue at the South Africa/Namibia border.  Martin's Canadian passport was due to expire on Oct 19th, so we could not use it to enter Namibia.  But we had to use it to EXIT South Africa.  When Martin tried to ENTER Namibia on his UK passport, they customs guys didn't like the switch  because there was no way to track between the two (or so they said).   Looks like they were looking for a bit of a bribe, and we held up our overland truck for over half an hour.  It got a little dicey at one pint as the officer said at one point to refuse him entry in to Namibia. We certainly didn't want that! In the end, they just gave in and stamped my UK passport - maybe they got tired of arguing with us and our guide Emma!!

Overland Truck and Michelle above Fish River Canyon

All good now though, and it was off to Ai-Ais National Park for an overland-truck lunch at the hot springs of the posh Ai-Ais Lodge and Spa. Their outdoor swimming pool was delicious and warm, though it didn't need to be as it was stinky hot in the gathering afternoon heat!  Along the drive there were some fabulous specimens of the Quiver Tree that look so interesting amongst the desert-like scenery.
As you can imagine, the Fish River Canyon was pretty impressive.  It looked similar to the Grand Canyon, but on a much smaller scale as far as depth. Second to the Grand Canyon it is 550m deep and 160km (100miles) long and 27km wide in places. We walked along top of the massive, steep canyon walls with great views over the length of the canyon.

Sundowners overlooking Fish River Canyon

Whilst we were out enjoying some time at the canyon, our guide Emma was cooking away, so we came back to a delicious meal and some sundowners (wine), while sitting at the edge of the canyon.

We realised we were a little sauced as Michelle (always loving information) dragged poor Martin and Lori (no-one else was persuaded) to read the message boards about the Fish River. I don't think we've ever had so much fun reading random info and in record time too!  *Stub/Mush

Martin and Lori reading the Message Boards