10th August. Hippo Pools Camp, Cunene River near Ruacana
A pleasant drive today of abut 200kms ending at this village camp site on the Cunene River. The river is the border between Angola and Namibia. Unfortunately the hippos were all finally destroyed in 2004 by the locals who were sick of them upending their boats. A shame that had to happen. However there are signs everywhere to warn against swimming in the fast flowing water because of crocodiles. And if they are anything like the Nile crocs we saw further north a few years back I wouldn’t take the risk. The Ruacana dam is just upstream a km or so that supplies ½ the electricity for Namibia. The rumble of the water is distinctly heard.
The trip today made us think the major business in the many small villages along the road are the shebeens or bars in our lingo. Every village would have quite a few with names like ‘Face to Face, ‘Lone Star’ & ‘Shebeen No. 1’. I haven’t enquired but I think drink may be a major problem outside the cities.
This could be my last blog for a while. We are heading into the outback and I think coverage will be thin on the ground.
Gary
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