We had to make an early start as today we had to drive from Swakopmund to Etosha…roughly 600 km. Did we get an early start? No. We woke up around 8, had a nice breakfast while planning our travels and readied our music collection. We knew we had to drive north so that was a …
After a nice, relaxing morning in Walvis Bay we decided to take things up a notch…at least our travel agent felt like we should. Next up was Desert Explorers ATV excursions. Shannon and I started things off right with a bag of Mild Chili and Sour Cream Doritos and a can of Fanta, oh yeah. …
On our return trip from the Mola Mola Dolphin cruise we couldn’t help but be amazed by the sand dunes. So what else could we do but go and climb them? Nothing is the answer, so climb them we did. Climbing sand dunes is harder than it looks. (see video) The view at the top …
A short drive south of Swakopmund is Walvis Bay. The drive is ocean on one side and desert on the other. Thanks to the helpful ‘Sand’ sign, we knew we were surrounded by sand and not brown sugar. I’m still wondering why anyone would ever build a town here. While I pondered life’s mysteries we …
Raining in my hotel room that is. It was a nice surprise to see so much water…too bad it was all over my bed. New room please. Oh…no water because of a pipe burst? That’s ok. I wasn’t looking forward to a hot shower since I haven’t had one in a month or more. So …
So it’s Friday night in Opuwo and I’m hanging out with Ed and Jeff from Peace Corps. We get in some games of poker…I’m terrible…and beer pong…can’t lose. They say they’re going out to the plateau tomorrow to do some camping so I’m naturally in for this. It’s just outside of town and I see it …
Onjuva – Day Two So night time hits and the new tent is up, my new sleeping bag is rolled out, my belly is full of good food and sleep is right around the corner. I notice it’s a little chilly out, but the sleeping bag should cure that soon enough. Crawl into my bag …
Onjuva is roughly 200km, 6 hours, west of opuwo. It is pretty much in the middle of nowhere…actually, let’s not be ambiguous, it IS in the middle of nowhere. That’s what makes it pretty special though. I can honestly say that I’ve never experienced so many breathtaking views in one journey. Let’s see how this …
That was a short stay in Opuwo. What gives? I’m off to Outjo and Khoraixas (sp?) to do some surveying of the hospitals there. I found this out this morning. Here’s to flexibility. One huge perk…I think i’m getting a bike on wednesday 🙂
Had another rip roaring great drive back to Opuwo on Saturday. Sure…we didn’t get a flat tire…run out of gas…or have 9 people in the car, but it still managed around 10 hours to get from one end to the other. The drive was filled with cows jumping out of the bushes in an apparent …
3 am wake up to mosquito who has super speed and unable to kill after numerous attempts 4 am actually get out of bed 4:30 am Find out that the water is off so no shower 4:45am Step out front to find 8 people waiting to pile into small car 5am Depart 7:30am Punctured Tire …
Penny George behind the wheel, we set off this morning from Tsumeb around 9am and arrived into Opuwo at exactly 5pm. There is a whole lot of nothing running around in northern Namibia…oh wait…billions of goats and cows…they’re there. One of their favorite pass times is to cross the road just as you approach…it’s fun. …
The Tree Sleeper campsite is located in Tsintsabis which is about 60km north of Tsumeb. A fellow volunteer has been responsible for rehabing the site and I have to say he has done an excellent job so far. We arrived and setup our tents…Mark and I shared a tent…looked pretty small, but was a breeze …
Windhoek has no official public transportation. Taxis are available and cost only 7 namibian dollars which is equal to $1 US. It doesn’t matter how far you go, still $1. Now the catch is that they’ll often drive around and pick people up until the car is full…somehow it works. Traveling around Namibia is another …
Find myself on a plane from Johannesburg, or Jo-burg, to Windhoek, Namibia. Also find myself upgrading from the lowly seat 17A to a much more prestigious 10C…take that world. The trip so far has been comprised of a few cat naps, some obscurely small beverages and airplanes full of people. 1. Leave Cincinnati on Saturday. …