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Updated Information
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Date |
Camp Site or Accommodations |
GPS |
Distance Today:
186km |
Meals
Pork and lamb potjie |
Weather |
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Near Sumbe, Angola |
05 May, 2004 |
Beach Camp |
11°17.375’S
13°49.768’E |
Odometer: 19621km |
Sunny, 95(F) degrees |
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We drove to Binga Falls, which had been
recommended by Mario in Luanda, in time for lunch. The falls are
spectacular, and we enjoyed a swim in the river. After a relaxing lunch we
drove another hour and found a nice camp site on the beach. Today is
Krissy and Slade’s anniversary, and the girls have been plotting ways to
do something special for them. We set up chairs on the beach and gave them
drinks along with a menu from the “overlander café” We served appetizers
and Graham put together an excellent potjie. We had as much fun putting it
on as they had enjoying it. |
The waiter at the Overlander Café
Drinks and appetizers for Krissy and Slade
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Updated Information
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Date |
Camp Site or Accommodations |
GPS |
Distance Today: 850km |
Meals
Grilled Chicken |
Weather |
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Near Baia Farta, Angola |
06 May, 2004 |
Beach Camp |
12°36.530’S
13°15.454’E |
Odometer: 19850km |
Sunny, 98(F) degrees
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We left the beach this morning after a run and
some exercises (Jen and Witt are trying to rebuild some muscle mass lost
during the last three months sitting in the land rover). The road was
potholed and the going slow. We passed a bridge which was surrounded by a
mine field marked with red and white stakes. We’re not sure who has the
job of putting the stakes in, but we are sure he’s not paid enough. Our
lunch stop was littered with shell casings from automatic weapons and
there was evidence of old trenches nearby. We stopped for fuel in Lobito
and encountered a long traffic jam on the way to Banguela. We found a nice
beach camp in the afternoon, and grilled some chicken after watching the
sunset. |
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Mine Field! |
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Updated Information
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Date |
Camp Site or Accommodations |
GPS |
Distance Today:
150km |
Meals
Beef Stew, Sushi |
Weather |
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North of Namibe, Angola |
07 May, 2004 |
Bush Camp |
13°19.184’S
12°40.178’E |
Odometer: 20000km |
Sunny, 97(F) degrees
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We spent the day driving on a
little used piste down the coast of Angola toward Namibe. The road started
out as a decent gravel road, but after we passed through a village, we
stopped seeing any cars at all and the road became a track. We passed the
rusting hulks of a few trucks that looked as if they’d met their end
violently. The road wound through the countryside, and some of it involved
some technical four wheeling. We pulled off on a side road and spent about
a half hour searching for a beach camp used by Expedition Overland, but we
were apparently on the wrong road and had to be content with a plateau
overlooking the water (we were about 800 feet up). |
The lady who sold us bread had a passenger. The Pinzy making it's way up a rocky stretch of road Vicky retreated to her tent to enjoy tea and biscuits.
The lady who sold us bread had a passenger.
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