Hotel Pension Uhland Windhoek

... genossen die tollen Strukturen und bizarren Landschaften. Die unterschiedlichen Farben in den Dünen waren ein Genuss. In diesem Fall sagt aber ein Bild wirklich mehr als tausend Worte.<br> Die letzten Wochen haben wir oft weit ab von der Zivilisation und anderen Menschen verbracht, haben die Stille und die Natur genossen. In den nächsten paar Tagen dürfte sich dies radikal ändern. Bereits in zwei Tagen landen wir in Indien und sind gespannt, wie diese Kultur auf uns wirken wird.

... route; they started on June 1st. For an almost 16hr flight, I thought it was pretty nice. When boarded, sat down, and the flight attendants had gone through the safety drill I had all three seats next to me open. Brilliant I thought, I'm going to knock back a few bottles of wine and gin and tonics then stretch out and snooze the whole way. Not so fast D! We had sat in the plane for about an hour and captain said "we are just waiting for 3 more people". Of course those three people ...

... from South Africa, the UN acknowledged Namibia as an independent country on February 5th 1990. <br> <br><br> When apartheid ended all people were allowed live anywhere they wanted to, but moving into a different district required making more money. However, to this day, most blacks can not afford to move out of the poorer areas and whites still own a majority of the ...

... the restaurants. And the bars. And everything else. I've never known a town to shut down so fast at 5PM. We get Namibian Dollars out of the ATM, which are 1-to-1 convertible with Rands, but only in Namibia, which may prove to be a problem later in the trip. After a nice hotel dinner (although the waiter couldn't understand Amanda's Dub accent or my Northern), it's early to bed in preparation for tomorrow's safari pickup.

... herds of animals gather around the water holes and it is here you will witness the cat-and-mouse games between lions and their prospective dinners. For the adventurous the trip up to the northern border wil reveal even more drametic and stark landscapes of ??? valley, Kunene river on the border with angola and the spectacular Epupa Falls. Perhaps the biggest drawcard is meeting with the Himba tribe who have made this part of the desert their home. Shunning modern ways ...

October 2009 Now I know that I will go to Namibia, I have to decide when and how... As we have a 4-years child, we will leave him to his grand-parents during our trip (thank you so much!!!)... And as my mother is a teacher, we have to follow the school holidays... July or August... I prefer July, so it is decided, we will have our holidays from the 14th to the ...

... it. Their governess had a giant (seriously huge) white bow in her hair. We were getting hungry, so it was onward march. The president's house looks like something someone built in California in the 1960s, but it seems a nice place to live. Unlike our president, the Namibian president appears to have a rather normal home (excepting that he's got servants and stuff). Finally I found the Post St. Mall. If you think that you can get here from Mandume ...

... hauskaa olikin....*kyynel* Mitas tasta maasta voisi kiinnostuneille sanoa... Menkaa matkatoimistoon, en ole turistiopas. Voin ainoastaan suositella baareja ja kertoa eloonjaamistemppuja. Rumia sellaisia. Odottelen tassa jo Suomen kesan oita, taalla tahtoo jarestaan tippua alle +5C joka yo, pakkasellakin meita toissapaivana siunattiin. En jaksa jauhaa paskaa, over and out.

... to Windhoek from the countryside go to live, as they often don't have money to buy or rent houses. Unlike South Africa, the government in Windhoek provides land for a squatter that has basic facilities such as fresh running water, a school, clinics, maintained roads and toilets. There are also rules about how close the squats can be and about their permanency. When people arrive, the gather any materials they can find and build their little ...

... Sousslevei - the famous sand dunes. Dune 45, one of the highest in the world & Dead Vlei (Dead Valley) * Walvis Bay - hundreds of Flamingos feed in the shallows along the seafront * Swakopmund - 'little Germany', a developed town with large German-Namibian population with German architecture, cafes & shops * Twyfelfontain - famous for rock carvings & the organ pipes - a mass of dolarite stone columns that look like the pipes of an organ ...