Blogs from Windhoek, Namibia, Africa - page 10

It´s springtime in Windhoek!... read more

The Journey to Windhoek We have taken the overnight flight to Jo'Burg, pretty comfortable, fairly empty. Arrive in Jo'Burg a bit bleary-eyed. The nytol has taken it's toll, but at least there's no jetlag. Jo'Burg a very impressive airport, as these things go - and we take an internal flight to Windhoek. The scenery over Botswana and the Kalahari desert and into Namibia looks awe-inspiring and pretty desolate at the same time. No offence to any Celts, but the emptiness kind of reminded us of flying into Inverness - nothing built up around. A lot of clear air turbulence as we came into land - can see why they call it Windhoek! Our transfer taxi driver give us our first taste of ironic Namibian humour. We stay in the Chameleon Backpackers Lodge, which is really nice. ... read more

Von dem Winter in Kapstadt flogen wir recht umstaendlich, dafuer guenstig von Kapstadt ueber Johannesburg nach Windhoek. Es empfing uns - was jetzt keine Ueberraschung war - der schoenste Sonnenschein. Eine Ueberraschung war allerdings unsere Unterkunft. Wir hatten in einem Guesthouse gebucht, dass mittlerweile allerdings in ein Hostel integriert wurde. Das Zimmer war sehr schoen, aber die Atmosphaere des Hostelvolkes ging uns einfach nur mal wieder mehr auf den Geist. Ich verstehe einfach nicht, was so toll daran ist in den siffigsten Klamotten in der prallen Sonne mit Bier an einem Pool zu haengen und sich zu erzaehlen, auf welchem Campingplatz in Namibia man am meisten gesoffen hat. Nun ja, wir fluechteten nach 2 Naechten und gingen in Olgas B&B. Sie liegt ausserhalb im Westen von Windhoek, aber die Chefin Gesa ist eine Seele von Mensch ... read more

Geo: -22.5648, 17.0931We arrived back in Cape Town quite late and only managed a few hours sleep before we needed to be on the road and making our way to the airport for an early flight. Not that we needed to have bothered as the flight was delayed for three hours due to fog. So we bided our time, ate a big breakfast courtesy of South African airways and eventually made it to Windhoek by mid afternoon. Our guest house at Windhoek was another pleasant surprise. Although only a small property they managed to provide pretty much everything a person could want to feel relaxed and at home. Everything from the rooms to the small gardens was made to be very pleasing to the eye. We were happy to chill out on the veranda for a ... read more

Been in Namibia for over a week now and this is the first chance I've had to get on the internet.. Not really sure where to start with the stories.. I arrived last Thursday to possibly the worst thunder and lightening storm I have ever seen and it continued to rain for the next few days, eventually got some sun on the weekend.. and got burnt. I did my first two days on the Wildlife side of the programme which involved walking the big baboons who lke to have a ride on your shoulder and pee down your neck, feeding all the animals including the big carnivores that there are at N/a a'n Ku Se, I think it's 5 lions, 2 leopards, 10 cheaters and 2 wild dogs. Food prep includes cutting up lots og veggies ... read more