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Martin in front of Brandberg Massif
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Armed with new information and feeling brave in our little two-wheel drive Picanto (or PeeKay as we called it - from Power of One), we headed north up the Skeleton coast and east to Damaraland. We passed Namibia's tallest mountain Brandberg Massif with huge open blue skies. A long travel day through interesting scenery - some flat and scrubby and some tall and scrubby, ending up at Twyfelfontein, a World heritage Site with ancient rock engravings from the San Bushman - the early people of southwestern Africa and between 2000 and 5000 years old. We got there with an hour before closing and we had to have a guide and felt ripped off as the person just took us around for 40 mins just pointing and saying "that's a lion, that's a giraffe, that's a zebra" etc. Anyway, what can you do! Paintings and engravings of course were the Bushman's way of communicating with each other important information as to hunting and water sources.
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Sunrise over our camp at Mowani
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The fact that they carved penguins and seals in their drawings indicates that they were a nomadic people as we were about x km from the coast. The San people were also responsible for the clicks and popping sounds that are still around today in the Xhosa languages.
We explored other local features such as the impressive basalt columns of the Organ Pipes and the much less-so Burnt Mountain - super dark black ancient volcanic lava, hence the name! The highlight of the day turned out to be our campsite. Molwani Rest Camp had three large campsites set far away from the main lodge and we loved it. Massive boulders were scattered around the landscape and our spot was surrounded. Climbing up afforded us a great view across the valley (and also into our camp shower!).We sat and had dinner high on the rocks watching rusty reds and golds as the sun went down. It was perfect! *Mush
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| With Heinrich, the guard at Mowani |
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The Outdoor Shower in the bush
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