Thread: Namibia 2011
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#1 Namibia 201107-11-2011, 04:01 AM
BMW R1200GS loaded: Wolfman tank bag, Giant Loop Great Basin soft luggage system and a small wet bag for sleeping bag and clothesAA.jpg
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. BB1.jpg Outside view of the fort. BB2.jpg 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. NAM0.jpg Cockpit BB3.jpgLast edited by ChinaPete; 07-11-2011 at 07:57 AM.
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#2 Re: Namibia 201107-11-2011, 05:43 AM
Still trying to figure out how to make the descriptions visible, will post more later.
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#3 Re: Namibia 201107-11-2011, 08:04 AM
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'
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#4 Re: Namibia 201107-11-2011, 08:09 AM
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.
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#5 Re: Namibia 201107-11-2011, 08:14 AM
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.
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#6 Re: Namibia 201107-11-2011, 08:24 AM
Random pics. I did not take many photo's, I had no intention of putting together a ride report . Every couple of days I'd splash out and book into a lodge or cabin, do some laundry and have a decent hot shower.
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#7 Re: Namibia 201107-12-2011, 09:43 AM
Looks beautiful, thanks for sharing! Good way to make use of your 20% capetown.
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#8 Re: Namibia 201107-12-2011, 11:42 AM
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.
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#9 Re: Namibia 201107-12-2011, 02:10 PM
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
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#10 Re: Namibia 2011
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07-12-2011, 04:20 PMIt'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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