Sunday, January 23, 2011

Divundu

We got our car, checked the equipment and started to drive through the "Capriri Strip". This strip used to be really dangerous because the Angolan civil war spilled into this region. Today it is demilitarised but the people haven't come back yet. Every 50-100km there is a very small village on the side. The road is pretty much straight and can get slightly boring. Carla confidently drove along the road, where signs warning of elephants and other cars are the main attractions. After arriving in Divundu we took the turn off to drive to a hostel in the bush.
The world famous Okavango passes through Divundu into Botswana where it forms the delta. We camped on top of the Hillux and cooked our own food with the provided gas cooker and ate with the Okavango at our feet.
The hostel itself is pretty cool with lovely features. The toilet seats are as big as the throne of Queen Elisabeth with a open view of the river. Hippos in the background.
I enjoyed it very much there, but we had to go on and kill some kilometers. Another grueling 600km were waiting for us the next day.

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