0730 was breakfast but it was really 0630 S African time. The agenda for today was to have breakfast (buffet style with cereal, fruit, and eggs available), followed by a trip to Fish River Canyon which included a 3 hr. Walk along the rim. This canyon is second to the Grand Canyon and quite spectacular in its dept and width. The land is flat all around it so when you do get there it is quite a surprise. I took quite a few photos and also a group photo from the top of the bus. There were some beautiful red leaf cactus blooming with a brilliant yellow flower at certain points of the rocky walls of the canyon.
Every day on the bus we had been rotating seats clockwise and today was our day for the front seat! When we returned to the lodge it was free time until 7:30 for a briefing by Mishek and then supper at 8 PM S African time
We spent the afternoon in the lounge moving photos for Bob as his portable hard drive would only work on a Mac so it was a bit of a long process. While in there I had a "Beer Shandy" which is 1/2 beer and 1/2 lemonade. It was so refreshing I had 2!
Oryx was the main course along with pork for the buffet that night. I went for the Oryx (Rapier Horned Gemstock) which was cooked in a tasty broth and almost rare. Although it was rare, it was very tasty. So tasty that both Mike and I went back for seconds.
Afterwards, Bob and I went to lounge and tried contacting home on the spotty wireless they'd had.
Once again tomorrow was to be a long day (500 km of which 400 was dirt) to get to our next place which would be "Luxury Tents". Obviously we were asleep by 1130 PM.
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