Nungali Posted August 27 ... I'm outa here ! Suddenly the open ocean seems a lot better . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted August 27 (edited) I estimate in 2 - 4 days time I will be half way to Madagascar . Edited August 27 by Nungali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted August 27 ... hang on ... there appears to be something floating around in the ocean way out here .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted August 27 ... make that one days rowing to Madagascar . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted August 27 "Galapagos" sounds like a wild read! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kakapo Posted Monday at 09:04 PM On 8/17/2025 at 10:25 AM, Pyramidalcow said: Ofcourse. No mopai no daobums. Sean denty the founder started it with mopai. That is a different Sean than the person who started this forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Monday at 10:04 PM Namaqualand ... some fishermen told me this place was . So I have come ashore . ..... That doesnt look anything like a kangaroo ! This place is covered in flowers ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Wednesday at 10:53 PM (edited) Get out the way - get off the boat ! .... what do these guys want ? better go ashore on that beach over there .... I need to fill up my water bottle again . . Edited Wednesday at 10:53 PM by Nungali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Wednesday at 11:06 PM (edited) .... gotta be water around here somewhere, I'll just walk inland until I find some ..... ..... ! How big can a dessert be ? . Edited Wednesday at 11:07 PM by Nungali 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted Wednesday at 11:20 PM (edited) 27 minutes ago, Nungali said: Get out the way - get off the boat ! .... what do these guys want ? better go ashore on that beach over there .... I need to fill up my water bottle again . . They want a snack....btw they must (?) be able to drink salt water even though they are warm blooded mammals.... oops just checked Ai and it said no they get hydration from their food... Edited Wednesday at 11:22 PM by old3bob 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted Wednesday at 11:24 PM (edited) 23 minutes ago, Nungali said: .... gotta be water around here somewhere, I'll just walk inland until I find some ..... ! How big can a dessert be ? . Btw, did you bump into Lawrence somewhere out there? if so watch out for his knife... Edited Wednesday at 11:31 PM by old3bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 22 hours ago DUDE ! Thats a totally different continent ! Glad I am not taking you on this trip as navigator ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 22 hours ago Lawrence of Arabia .... Africa and Arabia are separated by a big water filled crack called the Red Sea ..... except right up the top .... well, actually, it is separated up there . too ... Moses parted the waters and they stayed parted and then they built the Suez Canal there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted 20 hours ago 2 hours ago, Nungali said: Lawrence of Arabia .... Africa and Arabia are separated by a big water filled crack called the Red Sea ..... except right up the top .... well, actually, it is separated up there . too ... Moses parted the waters and they stayed parted and then they built the Suez Canal there. Come on! If Vasco da Gama can do it so can you! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sherman Krebbs Posted 15 hours ago 15 hours ago, Nungali said: ! How big can a dessert be ? So did you find any fresh water? I am on the edge of my seat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted 11 hours ago 3 hours ago, Sherman Krebbs said: So did you find any fresh water? I am on the edge of my seat. He’s on the edge of a dessert - tiramisu possibly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 8 hours ago (edited) 14 hours ago, Nungali said: DUDE ! Thats a totally different continent ! Glad I am not taking you on this trip as navigator ! right, but were morphing anywhere form A-Z aren't we? Edited 8 hours ago by old3bob 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 8 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, Apech said: He’s on the edge of a dessert - tiramisu possibly. speaking of sand dunes I've been in an of area of dunes that has compacted clay underneath its sand, thus water can't seep through that resulting in surprisingly nice pools of water (from whatever rain fell) in parts of the dunes that you would never see in other dunes! Don't know if Lawrence ever bumped into such.... Edited 7 hours ago by old3bob 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 6 hours ago 13 hours ago, Apech said: Come on! If Vasco da Gama can do it so can you! Oh ... taunting me now as well . I am actually off the coast of Angola now . I'm coming for you cat ! Ohhh ... crud ! Or should I say .... '' Oh , crude ! '' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 6 hours ago 13 hours ago, Apech said: Come on! If Vasco da Gama can do it so can you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 6 hours ago 8 hours ago, Sherman Krebbs said: So did you find any fresh water? I am on the edge of my seat. Eventually . I worked my way back to the coast and found a string of empty mansions ... all of them empty and rather opulent . This black guy came out and went to chase me away but I manged to explain what I was doing and he became friendly . Emmanuel was his name , he was a sort of caretaker and made sure no one used the mansions - except for those one or two weeks a year the rich white owners would come and stay there . he showed me inside one ; it had a tiled floor with glass inserts and down inside the inserts were like dioramas , each representing an ecosystem of Africa , one , for where we were ; the edge of the Namib desert - the Skeleton Coast its called . That;s because if you land there looking for water or get shipwrecked in that area .... that is what you will become . But he said it has a secret meaning .... when the Germans took over and made it ' German West Africa' by the genocide of two huge tribes by driving them into the desert and leaving them there ... way before Nazism . Anyway , they even had live lizards running around in there . Also dioramas filled with plants and water sprayers and air pumps , little 'jungle scenes ' ... a huge lounge room with an indoor Afrikaans BBQ . Crazy shit * ... anyway he gave me a bottle of water ... but said it to tell anyone , he would get into trouble for giving the white people's water away . * Spoiler Not making this part up . During the filming of Mad Max there, the film crew had these empty mansions as crew accommodation, as there was nothing else available out there and they were empty anyway . ' Emmanuel' is made up name , as he didnt want it known , due to the things he revealed . Each film crew member was allocated a black 'assistant' ; driver , cleaner , cook , shit cleaner upper . Most of the Aussie crew was very uncomfortable with it , but it had been arranged previously as that is what was done there and the people wanted the money . They even felt uncomfortable using the crew's first names and would prefix them with a 'Mr. ' ..... Mr John , or Mr Mick , etc . They would not even take an extra cash handout as 'What would I do with it , if I spend it anywhere people will want to know how I got it .... and then I will get into trouble .'' The best the crew could do was to make friends and lend a sympathetic ear ... to those who were daring enough to confide in them . Area is still mostly run by black market neo-Nazis ( some who were direct descendants ) that seem to have captured the mining industry . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 6 hours ago 5 hours ago, Apech said: He’s on the edge of a dessert - tiramisu possibly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, old3bob said: right, but were morphing anywhere form A-Z aren't we? I dont know what means . If its my route no ... it is very clear ; I went too far east and hit NZ, then south then chucked a right and skirted Antarctica , rounded SW Oz, went NE via Cocos / Keerling Is ..... SW , rounded the Cape , up the west coast of Africa , now approaching Congo . You guys bad on geography aren't ya ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
