Fish River Canyon is the destination of a long drive day (640km).  The canyon is the 2nd largest in the world (the Grand Canyon is first).  It measures 160 km in length and 27 km wide at the widest spot.  It’s 550 km deep.  The scenery of the area reminded us of Arizona, with high, flat mesas and long expanses of sky with dustry roads running through scrubby brush.

Sunset was beautiful, as usual, and we hiked back to where the truck was parked to cook dinner at the rim of the canyon.  Spaghetti bolognaise with cabbage salad (veggie mince for the vegs).  The mood was festive, and the return back to camp on Shaggy was filled with laughter and singing (YMCA was a highlight, to give an idea).  More Savannah Dry, bottles of wince and olives were shared around the campfile at Hobas camp when we returned.  We seem to have started paralleling another overland truck or two as we near Cape town.  The girls from the Acacia truck bring their entire packs to the toilet, and they are filled with tubs of body butter, shampoo AND conditioner, moisturizers and styling product.  One even donned pearls!  We laugh at how even our own powder puffs have learned to do without to save space and time.

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