Tourist stops in the middle of nowhere can be fun. this one had a naked person on the wall in the bathroom, sex depending on the sign on the door, that had a box in the obvious spot. If anyone got curious and opened the box, a big flashing siren went off to alert the whole store.
This was all in preparation for Fish River Canyon
The second largest canyon in the world. See the crocodile?
A little sad that I've been to the second largest that is halfway across the world, but not to the largest, which is in by back yard. so to speak.
A cool and toxic plant
pretty rocks
We took a walk along the rim
Jan kept freaking out and complaining of all the paperwork he would have to fill out if one of us were dumb enough to fall in
It was a pretty impressive place
Klipspringer
On the way out, we passed this group of motorcyclists. What a trip. Hot, dusty, gravel...
Pretty country though
We passed some amazing landscapes.
Here are a few through the window pics
This area was so incredible. We were just north of the border with South Africa
There was nothing to see but rock in every direction
These pictures don't show it at all, but it was so spectacularly harsh and grandly beautiful
Just nothing, as far as you could see
and yet, there were ranches out here.
What a place
this low spot had some of the first vegetation we had seen in hours
The colors were all reds browns and blacks from the rocks, instead of the greens and yellows of plants
When we reached the Orange river, the only perennial river in the whole of southern Namibia, we came upon an interesting sight.
In the middle of the desert, on the banks of the Orange River, there is the worlds biggest producer of Sultanas, or grapes.
These fields are maintained by hoards of migrant workers from all over southern africa, and since wood is obviously hard to find in this environment, they live in houses made of reeds pulled from the river.
Tourist stops in the middle of nowhere can be fun. this one had a naked person on the wall in the bathroom, sex depending on the sign on the door, that had a box in the obvious spot. If anyone got curious and opened the box, a big flashing siren went off to alert the whole store.
This was all in preparation for Fish River Canyon
The second largest canyon in the world. See the crocodile?
A little sad that I've been to the second largest that is halfway across the world, but not to the largest, which is in by back yard. so to speak.
A cool and toxic plant
pretty rocks
We took a walk along the rim
Jan kept freaking out and complaining of all the paperwork he would have to fill out if one of us were dumb enough to fall in
It was a pretty impressive place
Klipspringer
On the way out, we passed this group of motorcyclists. What a trip. Hot, dusty, gravel...
Pretty country though
We passed some amazing landscapes. 
Here are a few through the window pics
This area was so incredible. We were just north of the border with South Africa
There was nothing to see but rock in every direction
These pictures don't show it at all, but it was so spectacularly harsh and grandly beautiful
Just nothing, as far as you could see
and yet, there were ranches out here. 
What a place
this low spot had some of the first vegetation we had seen in hours
The colors were all reds browns and blacks from the rocks, instead of the greens and yellows of plants
When we reached the Orange river, the only perennial river in the whole of southern Namibia, we came upon an interesting sight.
In the middle of the desert, on the banks of the Orange River, there is the worlds biggest producer of Sultanas, or grapes.
These fields are maintained by hoards of migrant workers from all over southern africa, and since wood is obviously hard to find in this environment, they live in houses made of reeds pulled from the river.
Jimmy named our bus Mavis, and obviously loved her so
Some actual sultana fields
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