Spitzkoppe

From Swakopmund, after having had some civilisation for 2 days including internet and laundry service, we went up to the Spitzkoppe mountains. It is very comparable to Ayers Rock (spelling??) in Australia but far less commercial. We had one of those nice bush camps again, drop toilet and no showers... But it does not matter that much, as everybody is smelly and so nobody really notices it, haha.
A couple Americans, the Italian Canadian and I went to hike up the mountains (without a guide - far more exciting to figure the way by ourselves). We gave it 4 hours and 2 litres of water and started at 8am. It was great. It was less hiking than climbing, actually, but real good fun. Some of the rocks are really big and steep. But one gets a very good grip on them as they are very coarse. The trail was not really a trail so we figured it out more or less by ourselves. We got stuck shortly before we reached the top, but it was amazing anyway.