Blogs from Namibia, Africa - page 104

So from Stone Town to Windhoek, Namibia with a 2day shopping stop in Johannesburg. We went from one side of Africa to the other - hot and humid to hot and extremely dry. It was so dry that walking in the streets in the direct sun, moisture zapped right out of you and before long, you can feel the sinuses and lips beginning to crack. Chameleon backpackers is a cosy hostel housed in 2 buildings with a pool and a reed roof bar in the middle. The prices are good for the type of rooms that you get - well decked out and very comfortable. Perhaps the best we have stayed in so far (national park campsites are about the same cost!) Namibia is very easy to travel in with a large market of efficiency ... read more

Sorry this has taken so long to get written. I have been waiting on my editor to get back to me, but she has decided that work is more important than travel blogs... uggh. Anyway, here is my version of the events in Namibia. I'm sure my editor will chime in some time with her version. Namibia is the only place I’ve ever been that makes “Nothing” seem like so much. I have pretty much been driving around the desert for the last two weeks, seeing “nothing.” This has been the most interesting “nothing” I’ve ever seen. And while one might think that all “nothing” is the same. It really isn’t. The terrain in Namibia seemed to be constantly changing. Yet it always seemed to go on forever, and be desolate. Sometimes it would be hilly/mountainous ... read more

BinBag Party at Fish River Canyon Africa » Namibia » Fish River Canyon By RosalindCorbyFebruary 28th 2007.... read more

Our first night at Namibia we spent at a campsite about 20mins past the border. Namibia as a country is such a dry, dry place and largely desert, and then we enter the driveway of this campsite and they have sprinklers going everywhere so that it is like this big green, plush oasis in the middle of nowhere. Quite a laugh really! It was a really nice campsite right on Orange River, we set up tents for the first night which are made completely of mosquito netting so you can see the stars at night and all which is really cool! We had a dip in the river after being informed there weren't any hippos or crocs nearby. The campsite had a cool bar near the water which was made mostly of stone and mostly open ... read more

In Windhoek angekommen wurde natuerlich erst einmal eine bezahlbare und nette Unterkunft gesucht und gefunden! Hier haben wir uns die naechsten Tage von der ganzen Fahrerei erholt und uns hauptsaechlich nur in Internetlaeden herumgetrieben um die laengst ueberfaelligen Eintraege zu schreiben. Mit den Fotos muesst ihr euch etwas gedulden, die Internetverbindunen sind hier so lahm, da dauert ein Photo sage und schreibe 25 min. Also eine echte Geduldsprobe! Aber wir versuchen alles um euch an der Schoenheit des Landes und der Leute auch fototechnisch teilhaben zu lassen. Windhoek zu beschreiben ist einfach: klein, fein und nett. Die Sehenswuerdigkeiten, wie zum Beispiel " Alte Feste" (eine alte Festung aus deutschen Kolonialzeiten und mittlerweile ein Museum), die "Christus Kirche" und das "Reiterdenkmal", kann man innerhalb eines halben Tages anschauen. Abends werden hier eher die Bo... read more