{"id":5580,"date":"2016-10-05T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/?p=5580"},"modified":"2016-10-05T09:38:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T07:38:52","slug":"twyfelfontein-les-elephants-du-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/2016\/10\/05\/twyfelfontein-les-elephants-du-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Twyfelfontein : les \u00e9l\u00e9phants du d\u00e9sert\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir tremp\u00e9 dans la piscine de r\u00eave, nous voil\u00e0 \u00e0 \u00a017h de retour au camping. Nous avons rendez-vous avec notre guide qui nous emm\u00e8ne dans un lit de rivi\u00e8re ass\u00e9ch\u00e9 o\u00f9 se repaissent des \u00e9l\u00e9phants du d\u00e9sert.<\/p>\n<p>Il monte dans notre voiture \u00e0 l&rsquo;avant, nous voil\u00e0 \u00e0 4 saucisson\u00e9s \u00e0 l&rsquo;arri\u00e8re et Etienne en conducteur de l&rsquo;extr\u00eame&#8230; Parce que la route sur laquelle on s&rsquo;est retrouv\u00e9s c&rsquo;\u00e9tait vraiment de l&rsquo;extr\u00eame ! Du sable, des trous, des bosses et j&rsquo;en passe&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Voici donc un extrait d&rsquo;un dialogue surr\u00e9aliste avec le guide: Etienne un peu soucieux de s&#8217;embourber:\u00a0\u00bbmais&#8230; Euh&#8230; Y a-t-il souvent des voitures qui passent ici ? Est-ce une route fr\u00e9quent\u00e9e ? \u00a0\u00bb R\u00e9ponse du guide qui sirotant tranquillement son coca alors que nous \u00e9tions secou\u00e9s comme des milk-shakes :\u00a0\u00bb Oui oui, pas de souci, s&rsquo;il nous arrive quelque chose c&rsquo; est une route fr\u00e9quent\u00e9e&#8230; mais&#8230; \u00a0pas tous les jours&#8230; \u00ab\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Lorsque nous avons atteint le lit de la rivi\u00e8re, nous nous sommes mis \u00e0 la recherche des \u00e9l\u00e9phants. Le guide faisait des gestes \u00e0 Etienne (\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 gauche \u00ab\u00a0,\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 droite, \u00ab\u00a0plus vite\u00a0\u00bb,&#8230;) qui tentait tant bien que mal de faire passer le v\u00e9hicule aux endroits indiqu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Nous pensions \u00eatre d\u00e9finitivement perdus, quand soudain ils \u00e9taient l\u00e0, devant nous: de magnifiques \u00e9l\u00e9phants du d\u00e9sert, des femelles avec leurs petits, mangeant les feuilles des arbres dans une grande tranquillit\u00e9 et un silence \u00e9tonnant. Nous avons \u00e9teint le moteur, retenu notre souffle et admir\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1107.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5450 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1107-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"namibie-large-1107\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1107-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1107-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1107.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1094.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5447 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1094-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"namibie-large-1094\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1094-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1094.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1072.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5446 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1072-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"namibie-large-1072\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1072-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1072-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1072.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1100.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5449 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"namibie-large-1100\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1100-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1100-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1100.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1113.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1113-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"namibie-large-1113\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1113-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1113-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1113.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1097.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5448 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1097-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"namibie-large-1097\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1097-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1097-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Namibie-Large-1097.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir tremp\u00e9 dans la piscine de r\u00eave, nous voil\u00e0 \u00e0 \u00a017h de retour au camping. Nous avons rendez-vous avec notre guide qui nous emm\u00e8ne [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5592,"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580\/revisions\/5592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untourdumonde.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}