A slowish start to another jolly hot day. We're back on the B1 again towards Keetmanshoop - this is what passes for a motorway
Wide open spaces and impressive, flat-topped hills, with some friendly co-travellers
Intrigued by a "Commonwealth War Graves" sign, we make a
detour at Gibeon. It's a small memorial with a collection of era and
nationalities, reflecting Namibia's chequered past : 1905s German
soldiers and also more recent 27-28 April 1915 with South African regiments who fell in battle at Gibeon.
We'd expected to head into the Brukarros Mountains, to a
campsite with a rave write-up, managed by the local community. On
arrival, it looks fairly promising
so we let ourselves in, and look for someone to pay but it
quickly becomes clear that the site is now dilapidated and deserted - or
at best unloved. At least the view is still good but no good to stay, so we press on instead towards the next planned stop near
the southern town of Keetmanshoop : the Quiver Tree Forest. A national
monument park since 1959 of protected aloe trees - usually they grow
singly but here there are a few dozen so it's been ambitiously upgraded
to a forest!
The San and Nama used to hollow out the lightweight trunks
for their arrows - hence the name. They're actually very lovely - I'm looking forward to seeing them at
dawn (or thereabouts!)
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