After breakfast we went to have a look at Tsumeb, a very nice town ... and very german. Sorry, 'german'? Yes, they speak German everywhere! At the bank for instance. The clerk didn't even bother to ask what language we preferred. In the Tsumeb museum everything was written in German (and English as a second language it seemed).

We bought a prepaid SIM card, shopped groceries for the next couple of days camping in Etosha, had a delicious lunch and made some calls to inquire about fuel availability in north and western Namibia.

The refueller of course was out for lunch when we came back to the airfield so we had to wait for his return. That's how things work here in Africa - after a while you get used to it. We also got our two jerry cans filled up again - never know when we will need them again.

Around 3 p.m. we left for Etosha. On the way there we passed a sink hole - according to our 'Lonely Planet' one of the two only natural lakes in Namibia. We looked for the second one which should be nearby, but we never found it.

These sink holes are more than 50 meters deep which made the Germans used them during the first world war to dump their military equipment once they realised they had lost the war against the predominant south african army. Weapons are still being fished out of the lakes these days and can be seen in the Tsumeb museum.

The visibility was excellent that day. On the way to the Halali camp where we had made reservations for camping we saw some giraffes, zebras, wildebeasts, and a single elephant.

The Halali airstrip is just next to the resort, still the ranger didn't recommend to walk back to the camp because of the wild animals (in particular the lions I guess), so he came to pick us up. Before we left the airstrip we protected the tyres with thorn bushes, such that hyenas wouldn't chew up the rubber - they do that!

After pitching the tent we went to say hello to our neighborus, a Dutch couple. They invited us for dinner, we contributed a south african red whine Shirley had put in our emergency pack.

At approx. 8 p.m. we went to the water holeand expected much of it. The disappointment was big thought. After two hours without anything except a tiny little turtle and a few birds we went back to the tent.

Just after we had returned it started to rain ... and it rained and rained and rained.