Namibia 2011

BMW R1200GS loaded: Wolfman tank bag, Giant Loop Great Basin soft luggage system and a small wet bag for sleeping bag and clothesAttachment 4742
This is an old British fort from the Boer war circa. 1900. It's on the way from Cape Town to Springbok and located about 5 km's off the main road in the veld. Attachment 4741 Outside view of the fort. Attachment 4740 This is just after crossing the Namibian border, the gravel highways start almost immediately, stopped to deflate the tyres. I fitted a auxiliary power outlet and a small 12v compressor to the bike before I left. Attachment 4739 Cockpit Attachment 4738

Still trying to figure out how to make the descriptions visible, will post more later.

On the way to the Ai-Ais hot springs. And my camp at the Hot Springs camp ground. I had just pulled up, hot as hell, when a fellow with a 4x4 camping on the site next door wondered over with an ice cold Windhoek Lager 'Here' he says 'looks like you could do with a frostie' :thumbsup:

On the way to the Fish River Canyon. Namibia had massive rainfalls this summer so the roads had loads of soft sand in the low lying areas and was washed away in places.

I stopped at the Canyon Lodge for a late breakfast and as I was leaving the Cape Town BMW Club pulled up, they were on their way to the viewpoint and invited me to ride along with them.

Random pics. I did not take many photo's, I had no intention of putting together a ride report :rolleyes1:. Every couple of days I'd splash out and book into a lodge or cabin, do some laundry and have a decent hot shower.

Looks beautiful, thanks for sharing! Good way to make use of your 20% capetown.

Thanks, Felix. We're fortunate as adventure riders to have a backyard like Southern Africa to ride in, basically 30 minutes out of Cape Town you can get off the tar and stay off of it for literally thousands of km's if you wanted to. My son and I have just started talking about doing an extended trip through a few southern African countries late next year.

thank you that was awesome, there is so much of the world that i would love to visit and ride through and a lot of these reports just cement it

It's great to see pictures of another part of the world like this - it looks spectacular.. and really remote. Were there towns or villages through these areas? I'd love to see more! As an aside, if you're looking for tips on embedding images, this thread has lots of great info. Looking forward to reading your future posts!

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It's great to see pictures of another part of the world like this - it looks spectacular.. and really remote. Were there towns or villages through these areas? I'd love to see more! As an aside, if you're looking for tips on embedding images, this thread has lots of great info. Looking forward to reading your future posts!

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Thanks, Pat, Gardo. I can't explain the feeling of contentment I felt while riding through this remote terrain on my own, just to stop and and have a coffee in the middle of nowhere and listen to the deafening silence was so satisfying, especially after coming off the back of 12 months on the trot in China. There are towns or camps dotted all over the country all connected by gravel roads and/or sand tracks. Generally you are no more than 200/250 km's from a settlement of some sort. Further north, it gets a bit sparse but I only travelled in the south on this trip.