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693 km for this period (all of it on salt road and loose sea sand). © J Snyman 14
Friday 23 December As Adri’s brother, Nico, departed for home in Bloemfontein we prepared to leave on the next part of our trip. We would now be accompanied by Adri’s oldest brother and his family, and an ex-colleague from South Africa, Julian Kruger and family, would be travelling with us for the day. After installing 2- way radios in the 2 new vehicles, we made our way to an old rose quartz mine, a mica mine and the old Strathmore tin mine. The excavation of the tin mine is partially filled with extremely salty water and you can easily float on top of it. From there we made our way to the Messum Crater and from there to the D2342, which we followed to a “stone elephant” that can be seen at a site to the south of the Brandberg. Along the way, the VW Syncro of Julian experienced some mechanical problems. First, the left front brake calliper vibrated loose, but could be re-secured, and then the right-rear shock absorber snapped its shaft. As it was beyond repair we removed it from the vehicle and he drove the vehicle like that back to Walvisbay from there. We followed a track skirting the south and east of the Brandberg to the Ugab River where we would be camping at the White Lady Lodge for the next 3 days. © J Snyman 15
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