So, after a few hours trekking towards Namibia, we stopped at a small Vinyard (which had a campsite), and set up our tents, got out our gear, and were ready for a relaxing evening.
Luckily we had a wine tasting planned, which only cost 50 rand (7 rand to the dollar, so less than 10 bucks). They were very generous with the wine tasting, offering the group 2 whites, 3 reds, a blush, and a sparkling to sample. That amounted to at least half a bottle per person since there were 2 or so people who didn't drink. If I can actually remember... we had a Chanin Blanc, Chardonay, Pinotage, Merlot, a blush (which I can't recall the name of), a Michelle, which is a sparkling wine apparently... and their speciality which was a 17.5% alcohol red Merlot (i think), and it was all very tasty.
We turned off the lights after dinner that evening and sat out under the stars. We were no where near a town, which made for some excellent star viewing. I mean this in all sincerity, I have never in my life seen such an amazing sky. Thousands and thousands of stars were visible, as was Mars, and the milky way belt, which was incredible.
After a short sleep (6 or so hours), we set up for a super long drive through one of the hottest days I've ever experienced. It was between 45 and 47 degrees celsius, and in awesome America land, thats 113 degrees fahrenheit, and in a bus with no air conditioning, its freakin hot. I drank a good 6-7 full 32 oz camelbaks and never had to pee. yeah, it was that hot.
Right now I'm stopped at a camp site next to the Orange River with an internet cafe and a bar. Every beer is 2 bucks or less, and 2 spirits is 10 bucks (yeah, love that exchange rate).
TTFN: Ta ta for now.
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