Blogs from Windhoek, Namibia, Africa - page 8

Today we had our first full day working in the hospital in the morning and in the clinic in the afternoon. In the hospital Katie saw 2 kids with newly diagnosed cancers. A 10 year old with medulloblastoma and a 2 year old with Hodgkin's lymphoma that presented as a lump in the groin. They do the chemotherapy at the hospital across the street so these kids are waiting for transfer there. She also saw the Gower's sign for the first time in a boy with muscular dystrophy. Per usual, she looks like a baby genius on rounds. I have been seeing lots of babies with kwashiorker (malnutrition) and quite a few babies with VSD (heart defects). I also had the opportunity to add to the differential diagnosis on an 18 month old with chronic cough ... read more

Greetings to our Family and Friends from Africa! I’m sorry to have taken so long to communicate with you but each day has been so filled to the brim with adventures that I have fallen into bed immediately each night. Internet access is also hard to come by as well. Where to begin….mere words cannot possibly describe what we have experienced however I shall try. After a 22 hr. journey, we arrived safely in Johannesburg, tired but excited. We stayed in a lovely hotel that night, and the mother of a friend came to pick up one of our suitcases, which we were leaving behind, in which we had packed our clothes for the wedding we are attending. When we were about to check our other suitcase for the flight to Windhoek, Namibia, Gerry realized that ... read more

I spent my last week back in Lubumbashi in Congo visiting a lot of friends and doing some serious work too. As usual, I'm using these trips to slide in little side-trips all over Africa. Let be honest, I miss a lot my two love ones at home, but this is such an opportunity. And yes, I need to thank Ma'ri for making all this possible, without her, I couldn't run around the world like this. But I'm preparing her own discovery of Africa for very soon...a very romantic trip to come! So this time it's Namibia for me...one more country, and I'm getting closer to my 100th country count by the day. Never been before to Namibia, so it's a real discovery for me. Having been running around the last few weeks, this is a ... read more

Das morgendliche Perlhuhnjagen war erfolgreich. Als ich gegen 8 Uhr in Richtung Frühstückssaal laufe kommen mir Christian und Hendrik mit dem Gewehr über der Schulter und einem Perlhuhn in der Hand entgegen. Daraus wird heute abend Suppe gemacht, was für mich den Prozess des Jagens/Tötens natürlich erscheinen lässt. Leider werden wir Christian's selbst geschossenes Abendessen nicht genießen können denn unseren letzten Tag verbringen auch wir in Windhoek. Auf Grund einer furchtbaren Baustelle erreichen wir Windhoek erst nach ca. 4stündiger Fahrt. Wir wohnen im Kalahari Sands, dem laut Hotel berühmtesten Hotel Namibias, in dem auch schon Queen Elisabeth II zu Gast war. Es ist schon etwas in die Jahre gekommen und außerdem ein scheußlich hässliches Hochhaus, liegt aber sehr zentral und hat außerdem einen Dachterrassenpool zu bieten. Hier, in der mit ca. 90.000 Einwohnern einzigen Gro... read more

I will be visiting Namibia later this month. Would like to visit Etosha but don't have that much money. If I should go that way I'd like to make it worth while, like spending at least 2 days and enough money for stay. I'm thinking of going to Tsumeb. Are there cheap and reliable transport that way, as I don't have transport. And what's to be seen and do in that part of the world. By the way I've just joined TravelBlog. Thanks!... read more