We arrived at Ai Ais last night where we setup camp for two nights. After Noordoewer we hit the gravel roads and about 10km’s in, the scrambler came off the trailer and Hannes was no longer riding pillion. The desolate countryside has something mesmerising. A picture cannot paint a thousand words in this country, even though we try. 

We found the hidden Spar at Aussenkehr where we bought food, cold beers & wine. When we got into Ai Ais we setup camp and had an ice cold beer, took a swim in the pool fe by the warm water spring (65°C spring) and then sat round the fire and a braai. Life is good.
This mornin after breakfast we cleaned and lubricated the chains of the bikes and hit the road to the Vis rivier canyon. Most of the gravel road was in good condition but at some point we hit sand which I hate. Suck it up and let the bike “dance mother…” as Christoff always says. 

  We got to the Vis Rivier canyon which I believe is the second biggest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon. What a sight to behold from the viewing point. This is also one of the hiking routes on my bucket list – 90km over 5 days and you have to carry everything you need. Another 20 odd kilometres and we got to the Canŷon Roadside in where we had lunch. This place has a collection of old rusted vehicles in the garden as well as in the restaurant. Lost license plates all over and an amazing collection of memoribilia. Guys should definitely open Pandora’s box in the Gents!  

As we got ready for the return trip three bikers turned up. It turns out they shipped their bikes to Cape Town from the UK and are now doing an African adventure all the way up to Malawi over three months. Flow these guys at http://mathersafricatrip.blogspot.com/ Hope to catch up with you again during the next two weeks.
We headed back towards Ai Ais and a cold beer  Namibia is on winter time which Ian hour behind RSA. As a result the sun start setting earlier to our clocks. Riding NW with the low hanging sun and dust made for a challenging last 20km’s into camp.a well deserved cold beer, warm pool and amazing “potjie” awaited us ( the latter compliments of Christoff with preparation by yours truly). All early to bed as tomorrow is a long day towards Luderitz.