Part II The return Flight, Cape Town, South Africa to Walfish Bay, Namibia
22:59.0S 014:39.0EFrom
South Africa to Namibia
Day
3, Sunday 19JUL Cape Town – Walfis Bay/Namibia (05:25H) Up very early that day, not to
forget that
we had heck of a lot of land to cover in the next twenty days, we
headed to the
airport. As we passed Table Mountain on the way, we admired In the very well and
professionally
equipped Met office, I enquired on the weather en route to Walfis Bay
in
Namibia.“Sir, you are not going anywhere before
early afternoon, due to After explaining that we would leave on an IFR flight plan in view of this, everything was just fine, and we left with all our six tanks topped up. We set off and climbed through
numerous
cloud layers to get on top into the sunshine. For some time we were
still in radio contact with
the professionally working controllers in South Africa, After about three hours, the clouds and fog were slowly dispersing and we could at last see the vast expanse of the desert, which lay below. It was like this, fascinating, ever changing desert scenery all the way up to Walfis Bay in Namibia, overflying numerous “Restricted Diamond Areas”. After 5 ½ hours, which felt like 8 hours bladder time, we touched down to be greeted “Guten Abend, wilkommen in Walfis Bay”. We were pleased to stretch our
legs.
Unfortunately the customs people we had requested on our flight plan
before
departure forgot we were coming and had closed up and left. Kindly Sand dunes near Walfis Bay
On our way from the airport to
the small
settlement of Walfis Bay, we passed some of the world’s largest sand
dunes and
the enjoyed a breathtaking view onto the pelican sanctuary with The long awaited G&T’s and
a great
stake at the “Crazy Mamas” restaurant gave the finishing touch to a
long, but
interesting day.
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