We decided to camp at the De Hoop Camp which was only 45km away from the main gate, however it did take 2,5 hours. We even saw the ‘Hand of God’. The lovely camp site was on the banks on the Orange River and the facilities were rustic (please note: NOT organic…) and very practical. Now Lynne is not really too worried about bugs – she grew up with them and rather likes some of them, but there was however, in the ladies facilities a spider, the size of a horse (well maybe that is a little BIT of an exaggeration) that moved as quickly as one too. It rushed around with it’s two front legs or nippers (it was too quick to actually see) waving around wildly in the air. This had Lynne hopping around and squeaking silly words while keeping a very weary eye out for it. The place is so remote we felt sure that we were the only people on earth – we certainly were the only people at the camp site. Philip decided to swim in the river in his birthday suit as it was 42^oC at 14h00, but for some reason (still not established), Philip would not let Lynne take a “complete” picture of the newly acquired “birthday” suit – she just can’t understand why… We kept ourselves entertained by watching the various birds that occupied the trees under which we were sitting along with the birds in the river. We counted over 12 different species of birds – from Cormorants to tiny Sunbirds.