Obviously, many of the highlights involved wildlife sightings but I think these two were the main for me. Tracking after a small family of elephants by my campsite in Purros, as well as seeing the Electra the mama leopard spending quality evenings with the cubs.
The last photo of me, well...
I was on my way back to Windhoek for my final night in Namibia, from Okonjima. Finally, on a smooth tar road all the way back, when suddenly I couldn't change gears with my car. I still remember I was over taking a truck, when suddenly after stepping on the clutch the gear refused to budge. Thankfully, there was no car from the opposite direction so I managed to pull up to the side of the road with ease.
I called up my agent, Memory and told her my problem. A couple of minutes later, a mechanic called me up and I talked him through the problem, he tried to troubleshoot for me at first but realised it was best he came and get me and the car. So, I was to wait for my rescue. Thankfully, I was only about 1.5hrs or so away from Windhoek then.
It was also during that wait for my rescue, where I finally got to use my pee cup. Ha. Being stranded on the main highway on the way to the city, with no bush in sight for me to attend to my when nature calls moment, I had no choice but to use the pee cup. Funny enough, I bought it some 6 years or so prior to this Namibia trip, I had bought it for my overland trip to Russia and was worried I'd happen across one of those horror public toilet stories I've heard about China.
After emptying my bladder into an empty bottle, I texted my travel buddy, Jules and told her about what happened, hence the sad face selfie. Which by the way, I thought was a perfect ending to my trip because really, what is an adventure without any misadventures?
When my rescue car came, out stepped Andre, the first guy I met when I first arrived in Namibia. It was such a pleasant surprise to see him then. I walked up to him and gave him a big hug and told him how glad I was to see him. The mechanic drove the car I was driving back to Windhoek, how he did that with the gear problem I don't know, but I was so happy to be with Andre again.