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- Windhoek
- Capital
- Namibian Dollar (NAD)
- Currency
- 1,797,677
- Population
- NA
- Country Code
Windhoek Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Windhoek, Namibia
Mais de 7.000km pelas estradas da África Austral!
... nbsp;English version Este é mais um registro do Projeto 20°12'. Neste post vamos contar nossa experiência em Windhoek, capital da Namíbia e aproveitar para fazer um balanço de toda a travessia que fizemos pelas estradas da África ...
Windhoek "Vacation"
... all kinds of fabulous Portuguese condiments and sauces; it was SO GOOD! Fabiano’s family lives in Katutura, an area of Windhoek comparable to the townships adjacent to big cities in South Africa. It was a bright, bustling, busy, crowded, ...
Foiling burglars and hiring cars
... lives of Hannah and Kirsty! The next day Joggie went around cancelling his cards and we set about exploring town. Windhoek is tiny - only 250,000 people (Namibia itself only has a population of 1.8m ish) and we walked the one main street and visited ...
Lap of luxury in Namibia
I had always known that the Namibian part of the trip was going to be excellent, as I had organised it through a friend (Paul Betts) and the tour company, Ultimate Safaris. They did a personalised itinerary for me as I was short of time and ...
Reëlings
Die week het ek behoorlik rondgehardloop om te help met die mense se reëlings vir hulle trip Etosha toe. Daar moet vir die vleis gereël word en groceries moet gekoop word. En die bus moet bevestig word. Die verblyf is alreeds betaal omtrent 'n ...
Busstop
Dis vroeg die oggend. Eileen het al vir my van Rehoboth af gesms. Sy is nou al amper in Windhoek. Dis lekker koud. Aangekom by die busstop, toe wag sy al. Haar tas is nou gelaai en ons is oppad huis toe. Sy het redelik moeg gelyk want die rit kan maar ...
First part of the trip is done
Waterberg Plateau Park, Namibia to Windhoek, Namibia Today we had a chunk of time in Windhoek. We did a little bit of shopping and had a chance to relax in the hotel room as well as fight with the wifi connection. Internet availability has been almost ...
Last Night in Namibia
After another 300 km's long drive, we arrived at Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. Since we will enter Botswana (yeah, country No. 95!) tomorrow, this is our last night in Namibia. Because Namibia is a country with so few people, even its largest ...
Namibia 04.12. - 14.12.
... zu genießen. Das verbunden mit unendlich grandiosen Lichtspielen des Himmels, verschiedenen Canyons und einer überragenden Tierwelt macht Namibia einfach einmalig. Hier kennt gerne auch mal eine Leopard über die Straße!!! Viel kann man auch eigentlich ...
Entering Namibia
... one word comes to mind - flat. Flat, flat, flat. We were granted entry, rented our car and headed onward to Windhoek, the capital of this southwestern country of Africa. Couple fun facts about this place... 1. Namibia is the 34th largest country ...
namibia
... on the sand dunes which will be awesome. Namibia is a mix of Africa and Germany which makes a lot of Bratwurst and apple pie in the middle of the desert. This country is one of the highlights of our trip so far. Get back to you in Windhoek. ...
One night in Windhoek
The next day we headed west and crossed the border into Namibia. Our first stop was in the capital Windhoek where we had the luxury of a night in a bed at one of the hostels in the city centre. We spent a couple of hours looking around the ...
Windhoek here we come
We made it in one piece after a 20-hour long bus ride from Cape Town. The ride was extremely comfortable, pleasant and beautiful scenery to cap it off. Though Irene wouldn't know since she slept most of the ...
Vaccination booster
... to get used of Desert Style Driving, which is not really diifcult on gravelroads in this country, I arrive back to civilization to the capital city Windhoek. Here I have to get a vaccination booster for one of those many injections I got in South Africa. ...
En route
Petit arret de nuit pour se reposer en effet faire 2200km en 2 jours 9Swakopmund-Windhoek - Cape Town) cela creve. De plus je ne veux pas utiliser le bus international intercap trop cher et on voyage toujours avec les meme personnes. Donc j ai fait la ...
Angola Day 5 of 5 - Into Namibia
... , Spars, ATMs and everything you might expect to see in a developed country. This could be America. A bus to Windhoek took 9 hours. Yes a long journey, but one which in comparison to the previous days was comfortable and actually tolerable in ...
Namibia, sand, desert and Springbok
... country, about 18m km2 with a population of only around 2m - quite a lot of sand then. We got the overnight bus from Livingston to Windhoek and were met by the two lads at 7am which was nice of them. Later that day we made our way to Swakopmund by a 4 ...
The Germanest of Africa....
... etc.), the downtown consists of the largest enclosed mall complex I've ever seen, and the stunningly clean and highly modern capital of Windhoek sits in the lap of beautiful towering hills. It's fabulous and funny all at once. We're staying at Chameloen ...
Team Alaric and a Politician On the Take
... and we again have rolling hills. Ro stopped at the Windhoek airport for a rest at 110km. I stopped on the outskirts of Windhoek where about 60 people had gathered by the road awaiting Alaric’s arrival home. His family and friends. They were all ...
Day 6 - 11 of Namibia Tour; Swakopmund, Spitzkopp
Second half of Namibia Tour; Swakopmund, Spitzkoppe, Etosha and Windhoek Thursday 29th January - Day 6 Swakopmund, via Lie in!, Walvis Bay Flamingos. Meal out, drinks Finally the pace slowed today and we were afforded a lie in until 7am, ...
The moments...
First let me say that i'm well.. After a full day of Jake and my luggage being left in Johannesburg.. It finally showed up 11p.m. the night before it was time to leave for Etosha.. I had my medicines, underthings and most importantly...... hair mouse. I ...
still loving it
... in Yellowknife a 2 liter coke cost the equivelant of $65 Namibian .. same coke is $22 Namibian. cigarettes in Canada $140 Namibia ..cigarettes here $19 Namibian. hell they bitch about gas prices here .. best they not visit Canada or else they ...
my little trip up north ..life changing to say the
... police roadblocks looking for unlicensed drivers,cars in poor condition and drinking and driving. my car was searched a few times but Namibia police are very nice and respectfull. you won't have trouble from them unless it's trouble your looking for. ...
The Long drive home...
We have Sebastian in the car and on our way home... finally... We have a 5 hour drive in a hot car, with a tired and stressed out cat (and owner) but he was so good and slept most of the way. At home after a big bowl of fresh tuna, followed by ...
Checking out Joe's beer house with the Finnish
... before because I had my own coupe because there were not too many people. I slept nicely and in the morning I was in Windhoek again. Met up with 3 Finnish people, Noemi, Teemu, and Suvi and told them I was thinking about doing the Skydiving in ...
update
... and I were all, 'meh' cos of our holidays. Today we visited the Himba tribe which is the indigenous people to mostly northern Namibia and southern Angolo and theres only 2000 of them left, living 'traditionally'. So this place was ODD. I did NOT like ...
Windhoek
This is a top pick! ... Toyota, a Tyre place, the Bank and sightseeing, so the next day (Monday) we could get things going quick. Toyota service in Windhoek is AMAZING. Wish to have it at home. They actually came out to find out how to help even before I got there. ...