Asia: Kalahari Desert

After what seemed like days traveling, we finally made it to Namibia. KLM business class was excellent, one of the best flights we have had for service. The captain even stopped to chat with us and when he found out about our travel plans, he sent us a special message from the flight deck.
We are definitely not roughing it, our camper has a big bed, fridge, microwave and A/C (which is a must as it was 35 deg in the desert today).
We are staying over in the Kalahari Desert tonight. The Kalahari is not a true desert, it receives too much rainfall to be a "real" desert. Right now it is green and lush, with a magnificent contrast between the red sand and the green vegetation. It is so green now as it is the rainy season, which means its sunny in the morning and tends to cloud over in the afternoon with a spectacular thunderstorm, then tends to clear overnight. It is so fresh after the rain, although a bit humid. There is a gentle breeze blowing now as the sun sets over the desert. We are enjoying it with some great and inexpensive (read cheap) South African wine. Alcohol is cheap here, we bought 24 beer (large cans), 12 bottles of cider and 6 bottles of wine for $100 Canadian. Petrol (gas) is about the same price as at home, I think I prefer the cheaper alcohol!
The Africans' have some great names for their business, they are quite literal. We saw a psychologist whose business was called "Let's Talk", the Dove Life Insurance next to the Dove funeral home.
I am going to try to get pictures of all the interesting business names.
So far we have seen impala, meerkats, and baboons just driving along the main highway. The landscape has gone from hilly to flat, green to brown then green and red. It looks a lot like parts of Australia, which is not surprising as they were once joined.
We dine under the stars tonight in the desert and then a game drive tomorrow.