{"id":2731,"date":"2010-11-15T18:13:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T16:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2022-01-13T13:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T12:43:16","slug":"central-kalahari-the-middle-of-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/central-kalahari-the-middle-of-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Kalahari \u2013 the middle of nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ admin_label=“section“ _builder_version=“3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=“row“ _builder_version=“3.0.48″ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“3.0.47″ parallax=“off“ parallax_method=“on“][et_pb_text admin_label=“Text“ _builder_version=“3.14″ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“]\n

\"\"The road sign says \u201cCentral Kalarahi 200 m\u201d<\/strong><\/em>. The GPS says \u201cOff road\u201d<\/strong><\/em>. I engage the 4WD of my Bakkie, take a deep breath and turn left\"\"<\/a> into the middle of nowhere. I passed the last patrol station 250 km ago and the next one is in Maun \u2013 500 km ahead.
It took me 6,5 hours for the last 150 km. I have not seen a single person or another car on the whole way. I am absorbed in thoughts about the range, the car, the GPS and the sandy track. Every 5 minutes I check the level gauge and the motor temperature. I double check the direction with the sunset.
Now I am camping (illegally) at a waterhole in the middle of the Central Kalarahi. A giraffe drinks water from the waterhole and I can hear the lions roaring far away. There is a noise in the bush behind me, but I cannot find out what it is. Maybe another python, like the one I saw yesterday?
I turn around and I can feel that my back is not amused about this 9 hour drive over bumpy tracks.
Anyway I need to get some sleep, it\u2019s already past nine and I will start tomorrow at 5am the latest\u2026<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ admin_label=“section“ _builder_version=“3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=“row“ _builder_version=“3.0.48″ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“3.0.47″ parallax=“off“ parallax_method=“on“][et_pb_text admin_label=“Text“ _builder_version=“3.14″ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“] The road sign says \u201cCentral Kalarahi 200 m\u201d. The GPS says \u201cOff road\u201d. I engage the 4WD of my Bakkie, take a deep breath and turn left into the middle of nowhere. I passed the last patrol […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[27,449,18],"tags":[458,84,459,460,452,461,462,455],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5602,"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions\/5602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}