BeverlyZ

27 Nov - Another escape from Luanda. Some arguments over carry on luggage (Steve believes in trying to carry on everything but the kitchen sink and we were forced to consolidate down to one bag each) and the flight was an hour and a half late, but otherwise it went smoothly. We discovered that one of our suitcases had been checked through to Kigali (in spite of telling the agent we wanted all our bags to go to Jo’burg) and decided to deal with it the next day. Walt picked us up at the airport, we stopped for some take out roasted chicken on the way to the guest house, and we collapsed. 28 Nov - Johannesburg. Walt’s guest house is on a lake with a 1.5 mile loop around it, which made for some nice ... read more

Trip Report: Namibia/Botswana September 2007 Day 1: Luanda-Windhoek. A smooth flight out of Luanda. We were mistakenly informed to arrive at the airport at 10:30, only to find out that check-in didn’t open until noon! However, this meant that we were first in line. After only one person successfully cut in front of us (in spite of our best efforts to maintain position), we were second to check in. The flight was only about 2/3 full, and left and arrived on time. We were picked up at the Windhoek airport by our rental car company (Africar) who drove us to our hotel and made arrangements to pick us up the next morning to pick up our rental 4X4. The hotel (Klein Windhoek Guest House) was in a tony suburb of Windhoek and was only about 5 ... read more

It's hard to believe we've been here almost 3 months and are on the cusp of our first big vacation! Time has flown by very fast, which I suppose is a direct result of how busy we've been. So I figured it was a good time to send out an update and tell some stories of our exploits to date. We finally moved into our house on October 28 after 7 weeks in a temporary guest house. It's funny as we meet people here, how many of them also stayed in that place! It's like it's a rite of passage here. It was perfectly adequate but not having a yard was getting old with Ozzy, the "devil dog". Also, there was a professional "party house" (really a patio) across the street which hosted events, usually with ... read more