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Subject: Re: Trip to Swakopmund Posted on: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:17:13 +0200

Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> I'm going to be taking a short holiday, driving up to Namibia and back.
>
> Any recommendations for good places to stay? We'll have a couple of days
> in Swakopmund as our final destination, but will stop off along the way.
> It looks as if the Fish River Canyon is a good place to get to the first
> day.
>
> Last time I was there we had a puncture in the desert, and I'm told that
> the roads are fairly notorious for that. That time we discovered that
> there was no wheel brace in the hired car, which was a bit of a bugger,
> but fortunately, after a couple of hours, despite it being a side-road,
> a fellow in a bakkie lent us his and were were on our way. This time I'm
> better prepared, but I think we'll do most driving on main roads. It's a
> pity as there is only one main road there and back and it would be nice
> to have variation, but I don't think it really worth the hassle to go on
> the secondary roads - or are they good enough?
>
> It's quite hot at this time of year, but I think that it should be fine
> with air-conditioning in the car.

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