#9 The Beautiful Isolation of Namibia

Heading out onto the windy open plains of the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, our Land Rover journey continues into a very isolated and desolated area... brilliantly, the day concludes with a happy ending!
This is the story of my year long LD stay in Namibia..... Please let me know what you think in the comments section, I'm always interested to know who enjoys my films, and where your from!
Thanks to Toby Savage for use of his 'Sahara Keep Pedalling' postcard picture, a lovely shot.
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#solotravel #desert #namibia

[@roamingyak]

Keep Pedalling!

[@shaunmoller2997]

This is overlanding at its best love the dessert.

[@roamingyak]

Thanks Shaun, glad your enjoying it all :-)

[@nombee3]

Great channel, makes me home sick for Southern Africa, keep them rolling !!

[@roamingyak]

Thanks! Doing my best, it is very hard work :-) Please share with your friends!

[@ishouldbebackonthe10th52]

Thanks for the mention! I to love how the slightest object abandoned in the desert draws you over for a look. Happy Travels!

[@roamingyak]

The smallest things attract the smallest minds! Everybody, this is Toby who gave me the 'Sahara Keep Pedalling' postcard, please check out his channel too! :-)

[@dallasyeatman272]

Awesome as always...there is beauty in everything, you just have to be able to see it...take care..

[@roamingyak]

Thank you as always, I will do my best...

[@JeremyEdwards996]

More beautiful footage and a thoughtful commentary. Keep up the good work.

[@roamingyak]

Thank you Jeremy - I'm doing my best, hopefully a new film out this weekend....

[@jacquesleroux5069]

Trusty old Landy, those spiky rocks remind me of travelling similar roads around Tsauchab in a Ford Ranger, no punctures 🙂

[@roamingyak]

So far she is! I've heard the owner looks after her pretty well :-)

[@ZARRugby]

Great story teller. Really enjoying your travels.

[@roamingyak]

Thanks again Patrick, much appreciated! Please feel free to share the channel link with others, I'm badly struggling to attract other subscribers :-)

[@guvenirokcu8809]

Thank you for sharing your experience and please keep going...Best wishes and luck from Türkiye !

[@roamingyak]

Thanks for joining in the trip - I can continue for a while longer, then I'll have to assess how the channel is doing!

[@nikokisting6189]

Thanks a lot; beautiful video and stunning scenery. Reminds me a lot of southern Namibia where I'm from. All of the best and please continue entertaining and educating us! 🙏❤️🎇

[@roamingyak]

Glad you enjoyed it Niko :-)

[@joanstokes1372]

Larry and Joan Stokes from Cape Town. Great filming! Thanks for sharing. Fav spot with our Landy TDI 300 is Northern Namibia. Safe travels 😊

[@roamingyak]

Thanks Larry & Joan, hopefully see you up there one day...

[@villetatamaroc]

Amazing vidéo good Luck for thé next

[@roamingyak]

Thanks 😁

[@jonathanporter1058]

Loving your productions. Only just discovered them in the last few weeks. You have a very enjoyable and affable delivery style.

[@roamingyak]

Awesome, thats lovely to hear just as I sit down for another long day of editing, thank you Jonathan! Kindly share the channel with others who may enjoy it if you haven't already, cheers!

[@OliverBechmann]

Hi, I really love your channel & I appreciate all the efforts regarding the filming & fotografing. And, above all, I can imagine how you feel driving alone in a fully self-sufficient Landy. Because that's what sometimes I do with my TD5 in SA & NAM... I admire you courage; I'm not sure whether I would dare to drive that far away in a remote landscape all alone. I can't wait for the next video...

[@roamingyak]

Thanks mate, I really appreciate you making the time to drop by and leave such a nice comment. It can be a fairly lonesome tasks making these, so great to get a little bit of appreciation and know that a few people are appreciating them ;-)

[@RobertVinet]

Loving your adventure. Thank you for bringing us along and helping grow kindred souls, even just a little. "Beautiful in it's isolation and desolation." Wonderful.

[@roamingyak]

Thanks Robert, thats very thoughtful and kind of you. When watching the footage back I am surprised at how very occasionally eloquent I am in the desert ;-)

[@arnorvca]

Amazing. Off to Botswana and Namibia for 45 days. Love your videos.

[@roamingyak]

Thanks Arno, have fun!

[@Radionut50]

Really enjoying your series Darren, my wife and I are booked on a group trip through South Africa and Namibia later this year, so stumbled upon your channel while surfing for some preview info on KZbin.

[@roamingyak]

Thanks Alan, thats great to hear! Hopefully you eat better on your trip than I did ;-) I'd greatly appreciate it if you could share the link with others. Hope your trip goes well!

[@hencam]

Super schönes Video, tolle Stille, Weite und Landschaft, und sehr angenehm, dir zuzuhören. Freue mich auf weitere Teile 👍🏾 LG, Henning

[@roamingyak]

Vielen Dank für den netten Kommentar Henning. Das erste, das ich je auf Deutsch hatte! Hoffentlich werden bald mehr Deutschsprachige den Kanal entdecken, denn so viele von euch lieben Namibia wie ich!

[@hencam]

Gern! Nicht dein perfektes englisch, sondern deine deutschsprachige Video-Beschreibung und dein Augenzwinkern bei der Nennung von "Austria" haben dich verraten 😉

[@martinqualters608]

The longer you spend in these wide open spaces, the more you appreciate it and it's subtle charms. I heard that in a good documentary on the pistes of Morocco and it always stuck in my memory, seems to apply to the landscape you're travelling here. I think it was some guy called Darrin that im quoting, haha.....Another great episode.

[@roamingyak]

That guy! What an idiot! He completely messed up my life, leading me astray to chase dreams and experiencing life instead of making money , please punch him in the nose from me if you ever meet him!! 🤪😜😝😛🤪🤪

[@martinqualters608]

If I ever meet him I'll shake his hand and buy him a beer, he inspired me to travel and have some of the best days of my life......oh and not make money.

[@fabienmerceron]

Great video. You are very brave to go there alone. A great experience. Maybe we'll see you around. Keep on with your video it's great. 👌👍 I am from France and very often in Namibia.

[@roamingyak]

Merci beaucoup Fabien, faites signe et klaxonnez si vous voyez le Landy conduire en Afrique !

[@africanomads]

Great Trip!

[@roamingyak]

Thanks mate - I'm sure you have also enjoyed all of these places?

[@airtonaguiarribeiro1884]

Sensacional.

[@roamingyak]

Thank you !!!

[@stuartrollings602]

Howdy Big D! Where did u find diesel when you left Puros? And do you have cell signal up there? Also on the meat issue - springbok and gemsbok are delicious if you can locate some or get a tag to diy! Some people recommend python but u can tell me how it was!🤠

[@roamingyak]

Thanks mate, you'll have to wait and see the answers to your questions :-)

[@braamvanderwesthuizen3310]

Hi Darren, It's fascinating, you touring in the desert up north in Namibia. I pressure it's getting lonely on trips like that. Do you have any radio and do you get any radio frequencies there? I want to ask you, what tipe of camera are you using, a tipe of "Gopro"? And what video software are you using to produce & editing a video to upload on KZbin? You remind me of a toureg in a desert! 😂 Happy traveling! Braam, from Rawsonville, RSA..

[@roamingyak]

Thanks Braam! No, I have no communications equipment. Lodges, officials etc use radios for sure. I know the area quite well and also where people tend to live and who would have a radio etc. The distances aren't too huge, I could 'walk out' in a 3 nights if I had too. Maybe not over summer, phew, crazy crazy heat up there... I just make sure I have a tonne of food and water and then enjoy the random nature of how events unfold to sort out any issue... people usually help each other out up there ;-) Out of my 7 years of driving around Africa, about 6 has been alone, so I am used to it, and to be honest its easier in many ways... I used DJI Osmo Action (more stable than GoPro), DJI Osmo Pocket on the dash and a Sony A6600. I use Apple's Final Cut Pro editing software. Cheers, Darrin

[@braamvanderwesthuizen3310]

@roamingyak Thanks Darren! Enjoy the adventure while you can and your health allows it!

[@cantaygok]

could you please show more often where are you are, on the map? for example the the camping spot that you slept?

[@roamingyak]

Hi mate.... I find editing is always a balance between being informative, which slows the films down a lot, and being interesting/entertaining, which a much larger audience is likely to appreciate. Can I suggest you download Tracks4Africa and iOverlander apps (free!) and I'm pretty sure you can within 5 minutes figure everything out based on the map I provide at the start? And then you can follow along in glorious detail for the rest of my films :-)